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 Sims E-Recycling Pty Ltd,
82 Marple Avenue, Villawood NSW 2163.
The application relates to the export of up to 4000 tonnes of leaded glass cullet from cathode ray tubes (Basel Code A2010) to a facility operated by Korea Zinc Co Ltd in the Republic of Korea. The waste would undergo recovery operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The waste would be transported by road to the port of Botany and then shipped by sea, transiting no other country en route to the Republic of Korea.
The proposed transboundary movement would take place in up to two hundred (200) shipments during the time period specified in the permit, if granted.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of publication in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Comments should be addressed to the Director, Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or forwarded by e-mail to hwa@environment.gov.au. Respondents should be aware that comments will be shared with the Applicant and should not contain commercial-in-confidence information.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
20 June 2014