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Applications
If your business discharges trade waste, find out which consent you need and apply for it here.
If your business discharges trade waste, you need to apply for a trade waste consent. Learn which application is right for your business and how to apply here.
- Industrial trade waste
- Commercial trade waste
- One-off discharge
- Minor trade waste
If your business undertakes industrial or manufacturing processes which produce wastewater, other than wastewater from amenities, you need to apply for an industrial trade waste consent.
Examples include:
- Meat processing plants
- Laundries
- Food manufacturers
- Breweries
- Mechanical workshops
- Metal finishing
- Hospitals and other institutions
- Car washes
- Chemical plants
Only trade waste that complies with certain physical and chemical characteristics is permitted to be discharged into our sewerage system. Read our statement of approved acceptance criteria, opens in a new window to find out more about the criteria for trade waste that we will accept. This criteria is applicable to Melbourne Water's Eastern and Western treatment plants. Any proposed discharge into our sewer network and water recycling plants may be subject to site-specific criteria.
How to apply
Applying for an industrial trade waste consent involves submitting the below application form and any relevant information to us. We will provide a response to all applications within 10 business days.
Further information for higher risk sites
Industrial trade waste may contain hazardous contaminants and there may be high volumes of it. If you are operating a higher risk site, you will be required to install a flow meter to measure the volume of trade waste discharged. Refer to our electromagnetic flow meter suppliers list and requirements below.
If all reasonable steps have been taken to comply with the statement of approved acceptance criteria, a variation (C-SAC: Customer specific acceptance criteria) to consent may be issued in circumstances where a customer is unable to comply with its limits. The customer is required to submit a detailed letter applying for a variation, specifying the actual limits required determined through a sampling program, as well as how the limits were derived and what has been done to try and reduce the discharge level.
Important documents
View trade waste prices and charges
Trade waste charges cover the cost of transporting, monitoring, treating and administering liquid waste generated by commercial and industrial businesses.
Get in touch with our trade waste team
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