WA7 4QX, Watercycle Technologies Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/PP3322LR/A001
Published 14 August 2026
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Details of the application
The Environment Agency has received a new bespoke application for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 from Watercycle Technologies Limited.
Application number
EPR/PP3322LR/A001
Regulated facility type
Hydrometallurgical processing of black mass (shredded material from spent lithium-ion batteries) to recover metals and the processing of industrial waste water and mine waters containing dissolved metals (lithium).
The activity falls within Schedule S4.2 inorganic chemicals and includes black mass storage, acid/alkali dosing
Regulated facility address
Watercycle Critical Minerals Recovery Plant
Block 8
The Heath Business and Technical Park
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 4QX
The application includes:
- the completed application form
- a non-technical summary
- a summary of the management system
- an environmental risk assessment
- proposed operating techniques, including an assessment of best available techniques
- management plans to address any key risks
- modelling and monitoring of any significant emissions to air, land or water
- a report on the condition of the site
- raw material usage and measures for energy efficiency and avoiding waste production
How to view and comment on the application
If you have any comments on the application send these by 14 September 2026.
You can comment:
Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space
Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk
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