• June 19, 2026
• By JEP Team
• Articles

CleanEra Pty Ltd (Clean Era) are proposing to upgrade their existing advanced treatment and recycling facility for solid and liquid wastes at 45 Maskey Rd, Mount Thorley (Lot 113 DP262603) (the Site). 

The facility currently receives and processes up to 5,000 tonnes per year of a wide range of packaged and bulk wastes classified as hazardous, restricted, general solid (non-putrescible), special and liquid. The facility also stores up to 500 tyres for transport to recyclers. It also stores and processes an additional 1,000 tonnes per year of substances classified in the Australian Dangerous Goods Code or medical, cytotoxic or quarantine waste.

The current facility provides a critical service for the Hunter in helping households, businesses and government to sustainably manage solid and liquid wastes at the end of their life. 

To help meet the growing demand for treatment and recycling of these problem solid and liquid wastes in the Hunter and wider NSW, CleanEra is seeking to increase the throughput of their existing advanced treatment facility to receive, process and recycle up to 200,000 tonnes per annum.

As part of the annual throughput increase, 175,000 tonnes will be solid and liquid waste non-dangerous goods and up to 25,000 tonnes will be liquid waste dangerous goods (the Proposal). 

Advanced waste processing operations currently approved and undertaken on the Site include resource recovery, manual and mechanical decanting operations, waste storage, physical and chemical treatment including advanced oxidation, sludge dewatering / solidification and product destruction.

The existing Site is equipped with an office, amenities, bunded warehouse with roller door and external awning (and an approved extension to the warehouse), covered concrete bunded area, paved internal access for circulation, rainwater tanks, stormwater capture and treatment systems and storage.

Current Site operations are licensed under NSW Environment Protection Authority licence 21958 for waste processing (non-thermal treatment), waste storage and recovery of hazardous and other waste.

In summary, the Proposal will also involve the following elements: 

• Locate the receival, decanting and consolidation of Dangerous Goods in the original approved warehouse;
• The original warehouse will be fitted as necessary based on specialist assessments with updated best practice environmental management controls including:
• Spill containment systems and bunding for all loading / unloading areas in accordance with EPA best practice;
• Advanced thermal detection and fire safety systems;
• Negative pressure with the exhaust air directed through a filtration system to remove any volatile organic carbon or odourous compounds prior to discharge to the external environment;
• Bulk loads of non-dangerous goods will continue to be received and processed primarily within the approved extension on the west side of the original warehouse;
• The Proposal will also increase PFAS contaminated water receival and treatment capacity, of which there are limited treatment facilities in NSW;
• Water treatment facilities (including the reverse osmosis (RO) plant and granular activated carbon (GAC) water treatment plant is to be relocated in the extension building to support the processing of non-DGs;
• The facility will continue to operate on a 24/7 basis, with most operations occurring between 6am and 6pm; and
• A solar panel array will be provided on all buildings to supply the operation with green power. 

Neighbour and community feedback is being sought on the proposal to inform the Scoping Report currently being prepared to request the Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) that will outline information that needs to be included in the EIS. Information regarding the Proposal can be found in the project fact sheet here:

• Fact sheet
• Draft Scoping Report

Please note that we will also be hosting a Community Meeting between 6-7pm on Tuesday 14th July at the Singleton Diggers Club. You can hear about the Proposal, ask questions and provide feedback. The Diggers Club is located at 49 Castlereagh St in Singleton. We request that you please register by emailing admin@jacksonenvironment.com.au by 5pm on Friday 10th July, 2026.

You can also provide your feedback about the proposed development by contacting JEP Environment & Planning via email or phone:

• E: admin@jacksonenvironment.com.au 
• T: 02 8056 1849