Australia, May 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 3:

Blacktown Operates a Landfill and Recycling Facility Using Recovered Fines

1. At all relevant times, the defendant, Blacktown Waste Services Pty Ltd ("Blacktown"), operates a landfill facility under Environment Protection Licence ("EPL") 11497 and a recycling facility under EPL 21193 at 25 Harris Ave, Marsden Park, NSW ("the premises").

2. On 20 August 2020 Blacktown sought to vary EPL 11497 to authorise the use of recovered fines as a form of alternative daily cover at the premises in accordance with the specifications published in the NSW Government Gazette No 53, dated 21 March 2020. On 16 September 2020 the prosecutor, th...