Notice

CA14 2JS, Recycling Lives Compliance Services Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/FB3807SX/V003

Published 14 October 2025

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Details of the application

The Environment Agency has received an application to vary an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 involving substantial change to a permit from Recycling Lives Compliance Services Limited.

Application number

EPR/FB3807SX/V003

Regulated facility type

The site is currently a waste operation site. The operator is proposing to add an additional treatment activity, increase the quantity of hazardous waste to be stored on site at any one time to >50 tonnes and also increase the quantity of hazardous batteries that are treated per day to >10 tonnes, meaning the site become an installation site. The proposed operations to be authorised under this variation are to: Increase the hazardous waste storage capacity from <50 tonnes to 5,000 tonnes at any one time (this requires the addition of Section 5.6 activity to the permit). Add a new hazardous waste installation activity under Section 5.3 Part A(1) (a)(ii) for the physico-chemical treatment involving the mechanical sorting and mechanical treatment of hazardous waste (batteries). Add physical/mechanical treatment of non-hazardous WEEE (site is currently permit to store WEEE) Reduce annual throughput of waste accepted at the site from 70,000 to 25,000 tonnes per year. This will comprise of approximately 20,000 tonnes for battery recycling and 5,000 tonnes of WEEE waste. Remove the End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) and metal recycling activities that is currently authorised, including removal of the relevant conditions relating to these.

Regulated facility address

Recycling Lives Workington
Isabella Road
Workington
CA14 2JS

The application contains a description of how the proposed change(s) may affect:

  • the installation
  • the materials, substances and energy it will use and generate
  • the conditions of its site
  • the source, nature and quantity of its foreseeable emissions and their significant effects on the environment
  • the proposed techniques for preventing, reducing, and monitoring its emissions and preventing and recovering waste
  • and an outline of the main alternatives, if any, considered

How to view and comment on the application

If you have any comments on the application send these by 10 November 2025.

You can comment:

Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space

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

For advice about how to make a representation or if you are unable to make a representation via e-mail, please call 03708 506 506.

The Environment Agency will normally put any comments it receives on the public register. This includes your name but not your personal contact details. Please tell us if you do not want your response to be public.

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