Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has fined Western Land Reclamation Pty Ltd more than $7,700 for beaching a condition of its EPA licence at its Brooklyn landfill.
EPA Metro Manager Daniel Hunt said EPA investigators had used drone technology to spot the licence breach from above the site in November 2016.
“EPA invested in new surveillance gear last year and it has already caught several sites out, particularly, as in this case, around a licence condition that requires operators of landfills to cover exposed waste at the end of operations for the day,” Mr Hunt said.
Mr Hunt said the operators of the landfill had been warned about breaching the condition in the past and were well aware of the EPA licence requirements. Read more