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 has been received from Hospira Australia Pty Ltd, 1 Lexia Place, Mulgrave, Victoria 3170, Australia, to export up to 24 tonnes of expired platinum based pharmaceuticals to Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH Co. KG, Heraeussir, 12-14 DE 63450 Hanau, Germany for recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The transboundary movements would take place in five (5) shipments, during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
The movements will leave the Port of Melbourne by air and transit through Hong Kong, China en route to Germany from where the waste will travel by land to the recycling facility.
Chris Videroni
Delegate to the Minister
Acting Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
19 December 2013