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 Upcycle/CRTNZ Limited,
8b Monier Place, Mt Wellington, Auckland in New Zealand.
The application relates to the transit through the port of Brisbane of up to 6000 tonnes of used lead acid batteries from New Zealand to the recovery facility operated by Evergreen Environmental Resources Inc in the Philippines
The material would undergo recovery operation R4 – Rcycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The transboundary movement would take place in up to thirty (30) shipments during the period specified in the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
Department of the Environment
4 December 2013