Notice

DH4 6JW, Max Recycle (UK) Limited: environmental permit application advertisement – EPR/BP3590VJ/V004

Published 18 December 2024

Applies to England

Details of the application

The Environment Agency has received an application to vary (change) an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 from Max Recycle (UK) Limited.

The proposed variation

does not involve substantial change.

Application number

EPR/BP3590VJ/V004

Regulated facility type

1.16.6 An application to vary Max Recycle UK Limited’s (Max Recycle) existing environment permit (EPR/BP3590VJ/A001) to include the operation of an Advetec aerobic digestion unit for the treatment of residual waste generated at Max Recycle’s waste.

Treatment Transfer Station, Blackthorn Way, Sedgeletch Industrial Estate, Fencehouses, Tyne and Wear, DH4 6JW.

Max Recycle proposes to install one XO22 unit at the site which will treat up to 10 tonnes of waste per day, approximately 3,650 tonnes per annum. Following digestion, an approximate mass reduction of 62.5% and volume reduction of 70% is expected, resulting in an approximate output of 3.75 tonnes per day of floc suitable for onwards recovery off-site as Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF).

Regulated facility address

Hawthorne House
Blackthorn Way
Sedgeletch Industrial Estate
Fencehouses
Tyne and Wear
DH4 6JW

How to view and comment on the application

If you have any comments on the application send these by 20th January 2025.

You can comment:

Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space

Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk

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