NOTICE OF APPLICATION RECEIVED UNDER THE
HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT 1989
Pursuant to Section 33 of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989, notice is given that an application for a special export permit was received on 6 July 2015 from Beverich Holdings International Pty Ltd trading as Reverse E-waste, 1024-1028 Canley Vale Road, Wetherill Park, NSW 2164 (ACN 132 013 097).
The application relates to the proposed export of of up to 1 000 tonnes of waste cathode ray tube glass (Basel code: A2010) to a facility operated by Taeyoung Environmental Development Co Ltd in the Republic of Korea. The waste would undergo recovery operation R4 – Recycling / reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The waste will be transported by road to the ports of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth or Adelaide to travel by sea to the port of Busan in the Republic of Korea and from there it will travel by road to the recovery facility.
The transboundary movements would take place in up to 200 shipments, during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of Gazette publication addressed to the Director, Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or by e-mail at hwa@environment.gov.au. Respondents should be aware that comments will be shared with the applicant and should not contain commercial-in-confidence information.
Paul Kesby
Delegate to the Minister
Department of the Environment