This consultation was open from:
April 24, 2025
to June 8, 2025
Decision summary
An Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) was issued to an enclosed non-hazardous materials processing facility. This facility is on a 4.7 hectares property located in the City of Kingston, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
650 Catarauqi Woods Drive, Unit 108
Kingston,
ON
Canada
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
Cyclic Materials Inc.
650 Cataruqi Woods Drive, Unit 108
Kingston,
ON
K7P 2Y4
Canada
Decision details
An Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) was issued to an enclosed non-hazardous materials processing facility. This facility is on a 4.7 hectare property located in the City of Kingston, Ontario.
The facility will receive, sort, and process non-hazardous materials containing magnets for the purpose of material recovery; all processing of materials will be undertaken indoors within the facility.
Wastes generated from the processing of materials will be stored indoors at the facility in designated containers/areas and removed from the site by licenced haulers. The maximum quantity of waste delivered to the site on any given day is 640 tonnes, and 24,000 tonnes annually.
Material receiving and shipping will take place at the facility between 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Internal operations at the facility, including loading of trucks, may occur 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. The facility will receive materials from Europe, Asia and North America.
Effects of consultation
One comment was received on ERO online with concerns about the need for an additional transfer facility that's located in a residential area. Comment was considered during the review and the response is as follows:
Response: The proposed Cyclic Materials operation in Kingston is specific to the recovery of rare earth elements from electronic equipment and motors. The processing of materials will result in the recovery of metals which will be sent for recycling. The proposed facility is situated in an area of the city predominantly consisting of commercial/industrial operations. Current zoning is light industrial.
Supporting materials
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1259 Gardiners Road
Unit 3
Kingston,
ON
K7P 3J6
Canada
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from September 26, 2025 to begin the appeal process.
Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.
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Start the process to appeal
If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.
First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.
If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.
Seek leave to appeal
To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- mail your application to three parties
1. Prepare your application
You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:
- A document that includes:
- your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
- the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
- a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
- your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
- the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
- whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
- the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
- the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
- the outcome you’d like to see
- A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
- Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered
The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:
- is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
- could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?
2. Provide your notice
You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.
In your notice, please include a brief description of the:
- decision that you wish to appeal
- grounds for granting leave to appeal
You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:
College Park 5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3
3. Mail your application
You’ll need to mail your application that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:
- appellate body
- issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
- proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)
Cyclic Materials Inc.
650 Cataruqi Woods Drive, Unit 108
Kingston,
ON
K7P 2Y4
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
Include the following:
This is not legal advice. Please refer to the Environmental Bill of Rights for exact legal requirements. Consult a lawyer if you need help with the appeal process.
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135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) for an enclosed non-hazardous materials processing facility.This facility is on a 4.7 hectare property located in the City of Kingston, Ontario.
The facility will receive, sort, and process non-hazardous materials containing magnets for the purpose of material recovery; all processing of materials will be undertaken indoors within the facility.
Wastes generated from the processing of materials will be stored indoors at the facility in designated containers/areas and removed from the site by licenced haulers. The maximum quantity of waste delivered to the site on any given day is 640 tonnes, and 24,000 tonnes annually. Material receiving and shipping will take place at the facility between 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Internal operations at the facility, including loading of trucks, may occur 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. The facility will receive materials from Europe, Asia and North America.
Supporting materials
View materials in person
Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.
Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from April 24, 2025
to June 8, 2025
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135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comments received
Through the registry
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