Development Licence
Permission summary
- Statutory document ID:
- DL000300081
- Issue date:
- Wed 11 Feb 2026
- Expiry date:
- Tue 11 Aug 2026
- Status:
- Active
- Activity site:
- 3/81-85 Heatherdale Road, Ringwood, Victoria, 3134
Permission holder
Name | Address |
|---|---|
Name RECYCAL PTY LTD | Address Unit 3, 81-85 Heatherdale Road, RINGWOOD VIC 3134, AU |
Activity
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Transaction | Status |
|---|---|
Transaction A01 (Reportable priority waste management) | Status Issued |
Transaction A02b (Other waste treatment – e-waste >500 tonnes) | Status Issued |
Transaction A13b (Waste and resource recovery - medium) | Status Issued |
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CodeDescriptionCodeDL_C01DescriptionCommissioning activities must be undertaken in accordance with the commissioning plan approved by the Authority.CodeDL_C02DescriptionYou must immediately notify the Authority by calling 1300 EPA VIC (1300 372 842) in the event of: a) A discharge, emission or deposit which gives rise to, or may give rise to, actual or potential harm to human health or the environment; b) A malfunction, breakdown or failure of risk control measures at the site which could reasonably be expected to give rise to actual or potential harm to human health or the environment; or c) Any breach of the licence.CodeDL_C03DescriptionCommissioning must not cause or result in any breach of any permission issued by the Authority for the permission activity, except where authorised by a condition of this licence.CodeDL_C05Description1. You must develop a risk management and monitoring program for your activities which: (a) identifies all the risks of harm to human health and the environment which may arise from the activities you are engaging in at your activity site; (b) clearly defines your environmental performance objectives; (c) clearly defines your risk control performance objectives; (d) describes how the environmental and risk control performance objectives are being achieved; (e) identifies and describes how you will continue to eliminate or minimise the risks in 1(a) (above) so far as reasonably practicable; and (f) describes how the information collated in compliance with this clause, is or will be disseminated, used or otherwise considered by you or any other entity. 2. The risk management and monitoring program must be: (a) documented in writing; (b) signed by a duly authorised officer of the licensed entity (c) made available to the Authority on request.CodeDL_C07DescriptionWithin 60 days of the completion of the approved activities, you must provide to EPA a written report that summarises the activities undertaken and includes: (a) A summary report demonstrating that all requirements of condition DL_W08 have been met. (b) A Proof of Performance report (PoPR) prepared by a suitably qualified person acting in an independent verification capacity to analyse results/assessments undertaken as per condition DL_R01. (c) Air Quality Impact Assessment completed by a suitably qualified person that: i) Responds to findings of Air Quality Monitoring Plan as per PoPR; and ii) Details any mitigation measures to reduce air emissions so far as reasonably practicable, as per EPA Publication ‘Guideline for assessing and minimising air pollution in Victoria’ (1961.2). (d) A Noise Management Plan completed by a suitably qualified person that: i) Responds to findings of Noise Monitoring Plan as per PoPR; and ii) Details any additional mitigation measure to be implemented to ensure no tonal, impulsive or intermittent noise character is audible within noise sensitive areas surrounding the premises and no low frequency noise or sporadic loud noise that has the potential to be unreasonable is emitted from the facilities. (e) Updated Stormwater Management Plan completed by a suitably qualified person that: i) Responds to findings of Stormwater Performance Monitoring Program as per PoPR; ii) Includes a comprehensive risk assessment (including a risk matrix) for the site stormwater management that categorises risks as high, medium, or low, along with associated consequences and control measures to mitigate identified risks. This risk assessment must: 1. Apply segregation principles to each waste type and assess risks individually, 2. Assess all activities and waste types for potential stormwater contamination risks, and 3. Consider weather conditions from dry to wet; iii) Contingency for overflow during extreme rainfall events (1:100 year event). (f) An updated Fire Management Plan (FMP) which includes: i) Assessment of the fire risk and proposed controls by a fire engineer as per EPA Publication 'Storage and management of waste batteries' (2018); and ii) A review justifying the appropriate number of drain mat covers for the various fire scenarios nominated in the fire risk register in document ‘Appendix F- Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment- Recycal’. (g) Dust Management Plan for the site prepared by a suitably qualified person.CodeDL_C09DescriptionYou must not accept or store more than 24,830 tonnes of waste per annum or store more than 3000 tonnes at any one time of wastes at the activity site for the duration of this permission.CodeDL_C10DescriptionYou must ensure that: a) Only waste of a type shown in Appendix 4 of this approval is accepted at the activity site; and b) If it is identified that any waste has been received at the activity site that is of a type not shown in Appendix 4 in contravention of paragraph a) above, such waste must be placed in a designated and sign-posted temporary storage area and sent for disposal to a site authorised by the Authority to receive such waste within 21 days of the date it was received.CodeDL_C11DescriptionWastes accepted at the activity site may only be treated or disposed of in accordance with Appendix 4.CodeDL_C12DescriptionWaste from the activity site must not be discharged or disposed of to the environment except in accordance with this permission and with any other permission issued by the Authority that may relate to the activity site.CodeDL_G01DescriptionA copy of this licence must be kept at the site and be easily accessible to persons who are engaging in an activity conducted at the site. Information regarding the requirements of the licence and the Act duties must be included in site induction and training information.CodeDL_G02DescriptionThe development of the proposed facility must be conducted in accordance with the listed approved plans and documents: . 1) Development licence Application Report, Recycal Ringwood, dated: 4/09/2025 2) Appendix A- Recycal Planning Permit, dated: 16/06/2010 3) Appendix B- Recycal GHC Emissions Calculations 4) Appendix C- Recycal Stormwater Monitoring Program, 81-85 Heatherdale Road, Ringwood, VIC 5) Appendix D- Stormwater Management Plan- Recycal Ringwood dated: 26/05/2025 6) Appendix E- Environmental Noise Assessment- Recycal Ringwood, dated: 18/06/2025 7) Appendix F- Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment- Recycal, dated: 2/09/2025 8) Appendix G- Emergency Management Plan- Recycal, dated: 27/07/2021 9) Appendix H- Risk Management and Monitoring Program- Recycal Ringwood, dated: 13/08/2025 10) Appendix I- Standard Operating Procedure- Recycal 11) Appendix J- Storage Management Plan- Recycal Ringwood, dated: 20/08/2025 12) Appendix K- Classification of Lead-Acid-Batteries, Victorian Government Gazette, dated: 4/03/2023 13) Appendix L- HumeCeptor system technical manual, issue 5 14) Appendix M- Emergency Information Book- Recycal 15) Appendix N- Decommissioning Plan- Recycal Ringwood, dated: 13/08/2025 16) RECYCAL -RFI- APP015231- WASTE STREAMS 17) Emails received from Recycal to EPA on 7/11/2025 and 18/11/2025. In the event of any inconsistency between the approved documents and the conditions of this permission, the conditions of this permission shall prevail.CodeDL_G03DescriptionSubject to the following conditions, this development licence allows you to: commission the proposed facility under the conditions of this licence in accordance with application (APP015231) and supporting information listed in DL_G02.CodeDL_G04DescriptionThis permission does not take effect until a copy of any planning permit or amendment to a planning scheme required under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Vic) and related planning schemes has been provided to the Authority by the applicant.CodeDL_G05DescriptionThis permission expires: (a) on the issue or amendment of an operating licence or permit relating to all activities covered by this permission; (b) when the Authority advises in writing that all activities covered by this permission have been satisfactorily completed and the issue or amendment of an operating licence or permit is not required; or c) on the expiry date listed on the front page of this permission.CodeDL_G06.02DescriptionYou must: (a) provide the Authority with a financial assurance in a form and for an amount determined by the Authority, by a date specified by the Authority; and (b) maintain such financial assurance (including any part of such assurance) so that it can be claimed on, utilised or realised by the Authority as and when required.CodeDL_G07DescriptionYou must: (a) develop and maintain a decommissioning plan that is in accordance with the current decommissioning guidelines published by the Authority; (b) provide the decommissioning plan to the Authority upon request; (c) supply to the Authority an updated detailed decommissioning plan 45 business days prior business days prior to commencement of decommissioning, if you propose to divest a section of the licensed site, cease part or all of the licensed activity or reduce the basis upon which the licence was granted to a point where licensing is no longer required; and (d) decommission the licensed site in accordance with the detailed decommissioning plan, to the satisfaction of the Authority and within any reasonable timeframe which may be specified by the Authority.CodeDL_R01DescriptionAt least 30 days before the commencement of any commissioning, you must provide to the Authority for approval a Commissioning Plan that include(s): . (a) An Air Quality Monitoring Plan completed by a suitably qualified person for the site in line with EPA Publication ‘Guideline for assessing and minimising air pollution in Victoria’ (1961.2) which includes: i) Identification of all potential air emission points (including controls), ii) Monitoring program for air emission points including building ventilation stacks with testing conducted by a NATA accredited tester/laboratory, and iii) Dispersion modelling in line with EPA Publication ‘Guide to air pollution modelling’ (1957), to demonstrate compliance with air pollution assessment criteria (APACs). (b) Noise Monitoring Plan prepared by a suitably qualified person which includes: i) Attended noise monitoring, including low frequency noise in line with EPA Publication 'Assessing low frequency noise' (1996), at the nearest sensitive receptors to verify compliance with noise limits as per EPA Publication ‘Noise limit and assessment protocol’ (1826.5) and the absence of any adverse noise characteristics, and ii) Maintaining of a verifiable log of any activities undertaken at the site outside the approved operating hours. This should be made available for inspection by EPA. (c) Stormwater Performance Monitoring Program prepared by a suitably qualified person which includes: i) Design volume calculations for stormwater and design flow rate calculations for Triple Interceptor Traps and Humeceptor to demonstrate sufficient system capacity; ii) Minimum monthly water quality sampling at the final discharge point for all identified likely stormwater contaminants including PFAS, in accordance with EPA Publication ‘Emerging contaminants in wastewater and receiving surface water environments’ (5003); iii) Sampling to include low and medium rainfall events; and iv) Corrective measures for stormwater contaminant exceedances.CodeDL_W08DescriptionYou must install : (a) Further stormwater treatment system to treat stormwater following filtration by Humeceptor system, capable of treating/removing potential dissolved chemicals/metals and heavy metal particles sized less than 10 microns. (b) Fire detection systems and/or thermal camera systems to monitor batteries being stored in the main factory building. (c) Bunding for all chemical storage areas in alignment with EPA Publication 'Liquid storage and handling guidelines’ (1698) to prevent chemical runoff contamination of stormwater systems. You must undertake the following actions: (a) Batteries must be stored separately from other e-waste and combustible or flammable items. (b) Update the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to include: i) Procedures for the handling and storage of batteries including: • Clear battery sorting process, • Requirements that battery terminals must not support the weight of other batteries, • Requirements for all used lead acid batteries (ULABs) to have all vent caps firmly in place prior to strapping and wrapping, and • Packaging procedure for damaged or defective lithium-ion cells in accordance with ‘Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road & Rail’; ii) Procedure for managing rejected loads including temporary storage areas until the waste could be lawfully disposed of/sent off the site in line with condition DL_C10; iii) Procedure for the management and storage of hazardous waste as defined by ‘Dangerous Goods Act 1985’; and iv) Procedure for management of car bodies containing fuel or residual fuel and removal and disposal of fuel and oil from car bodies, ensuring compliance with trade waste agreements. (c) Prepare a Firewater Containment Plan detailing: i) The systems and procedures to contain potentially contaminated water generated during a firefighting event on the premises to prevent contaminated runoff entering the stormwater system; ii) Contingency plan for firewater runoff volumes exceeding the capacity of stormwater treatment system; iii) Contingency measures and treatment options to prevent downstream contamination; and iv) The locations of drainage points and capacity of holding tanks to contain firewater runoff.CodeDL_W10DescriptionYou must implement all liquid storage containment and handling measures in accordance with “Liquid storage and handling guidelines” (EPA Publication 1698, released June 2018).Learn more about waste acceptance regulations.
CodeDescriptionCodeD120DescriptionMercury and mercury compoundsCodeD150DescriptionCadmium and cadmium compoundsCodeD190DescriptionCopper compoundsCodeD200DescriptionCobalt and cobalt compoundsCodeD210DescriptionNickel compoundsCodeD220DescriptionLead and lead based compoundsCodeD230DescriptionZinc compoundsCodeD400DescriptionSmelter waste containing hazardous substancesCodeJ100DescriptionWaste oils, hydrocarbons, emulsions and transformer fluids excluding polychlorinated biphenylsCodeJ120DescriptionWaste oil/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures or emulsionsCodeJ170DescriptionUsed oil filtersCodeN100DescriptionRigid steel or plastic containers with an original volume less than 200 litres contaminated with reportable priority waste (transport)CodeN105DescriptionRigid steel or plastic containers with an original volume equal to or greater than 200 litres contaminated with reportable priority waste (transport)CodeN130DescriptionSpent catalysts not otherwise specified in "Schedule 5—Waste Classification" of the Environment Protection Regulations 2021CodeN140DescriptionFire debris and fire wash-waters excluding anything covered under item 79 of "Schedule 5—Waste Classification" of the Environment Protection Regulations 2021CodeN190DescriptionFilter cake contaminated with residues of hazardous substancesCodeN205DescriptionResidues from industrial waste treatment/disposal operations, including digestate, bottom ash and charCodeT300DescriptionE-wasteCodeT325DescriptionEnd-of-life vehicles from different means of transport (including off-road machinery) and wastes from dismantling of end-of-life vehicles and vehicle maintenanceCodeZ300DescriptionSteelCodeZ310DescriptionAluminiumCodeZ320DescriptionNon-ferrous metals, other than AluminiumIn the event of a discrepancy between the conditions listed on this page and the linked statutory document, the statutory document prevails.
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