Notice

WF11 8DZ, FCC Recycling (UK) Limited: environmental permit application advertisement – EPR/JP3547JL/V018

Published 11 May 2026

Applies to England

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 FCC Recycling (UK) Limited.

Application number

EPR/JP3547JL/V018

Regulated facility type

5.3 A (1) a) (iv) This substantial variation proposes to add to, amend and remove several activities from the current permit. It is proposed to remove the distillation of solvents activities and the activity/waste link for Tank S13 from the permit, but to retain two of the previously three permitted boilers using gas and Secondary Liquid Fuels (SLF) as fuel. Currently, the two remaining boilers (i.e., boilers numbered 4 and 5) and associated storage tanks are mothballed, however the operator has proposed to use the boiler installation to provide steam to the proposed dryer, the ammonia recovery unit and the metals recovery facility as directly associated activities (DAA). The operator proposed to undertake the following new activities on site: Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Preparation -processing of non-hazardous industrial wastes into RDF fuel for Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities inc. shredding and storage. Packaged Waste Processing – including sorting, washing, shredding, drum crushing and storage of drums. Leachate and Aqueous Wastes Treatment – the physico-chemical and biological treatment of landfill leachate and similar aqueous wastes in a biological treatment plant and two reverse osmosis plants, with treated effluent discharged to sewer or surface water as appropriate, which will include stripping of ammonia from wastes and the recovery of ammonia as an aqueous solution. Physical and physico-chemical Treatment of Aqueous & Inorganic Wastes, Solids and Sludge- the physico- chemical treatment of solid and liquid wastes so as to facilitate recovery or disposal, the drying of solid and sludge wastes so as to facilitate recovery or disposal; including mixing, blending, separating, washing, filtering, precipitating out, filter press, drying, storing. Inspection, storage, and processing (e.g.; dismantling and sorting, separation, bulking or shredding) of hazardous and non-hazardous materials for recovery. Metals and Inorganic Salts Recovery – Ph adjustment, precipitation reactions, separation of precipitated solids and storage for recovery of the precipitated solids; with the remaining liquid effluent either being treated on site or being removed for treatment at a suitable facility. Temporary Storage of Hazardous and non-hazardous containerised/palletised wastes. Discharge of treated effluent to surface water (river) from leachate and aqueous wastes treatment. Discharge of uncontaminated site surface water run-off to surface water (river). The proposal involves adding 10 scheduled activities (both Charters 5.3 and 5.4 activities) to the permit together with one Waste operation activity. The following existing activities will be surrendered as part of the variation: Section 5.3A(1)(a)(v): Recovering by distillation of any oil or organic solvent (to be surrendered) Section 5.3A(1)(a)(iii): Disposal or recovery of hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day involving blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the activities listed in 5.1 (to be surrendered)

Regulated facility address

Weeland Road
Knottingley
West Yorkshire
WF11 8DZ

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 June 2026.

You can comment:

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