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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Matthew Kelly

From the ashes: EPA push for greater coal ash recycling

EPA chief executive Tony Chappel. Picture by Marina Neil

The head of the NSW Environment Protection Authority wants his agency to play a leading role in helping the construction industry identify new opportunities for coal ash reuse.

He is backed by Lake Macquarie MP Greg Piper who has called for the material - a byproduct of coal-fired electricity production - to be classified as a resource rather than a waste product.

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