Pymore Recyclers International plans to build the plant next to Weston Aluminium at 129 Mitchell Avenue.

The company is associated with battery manufacturer Ramcar, which sells batteries in Australia under the brand names Supercharge, Marshall and Exide.

Project adviser Ian Wiskin said the company wants to achieve total product stewardship of all its batteries from production, distribution, sales and recycling.

“The aim is to recover and recycle all its own batteries and those produced and sold by other manufacturers,” he said.

“Automotive batteries can achieve a 99 percent recycling rate by recovering all battery components – lead, plastic casings and acid.

“The acid is converted to sodium sulphate which is onsold to detergent and glass manufacturers. The plastics and lead are recovered and used to make new batteries.”

Mr Wiskin said the technology from Italian company Engitec is regarded as the leading method of battery recycling by the European Union and the US EPA.

The proposed site is on undeveloped land of the currently-operating Weston Aluminium Dross Recycling Plant.

Meanwhile, Weston Aluminium plans to trial the processing of quarantine waste at the site.

The company has lodged a proposal to modify its development consent to allow for the two-year trial.

Up to 1000 tonnes of quarantine waste – such as food waste, imported goods that cannot meet import conditions, animal waste (including deceased animals) and any material deemed to be quarantine waste by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service – could be processed at the site.

The modification proposal is available for public comment on the Department of Planning and Environment’s website until October 27.

Weston Aluminium’s environmental impact statement for a medical and hazardous waste disposal facility at the Mitchell Avenue site is also on public exhibition until October 24.