The planned upgraded park at the Green Island landfill site would modernise recycling facilities, as well as allowing organic waste to be processed.
It is intended an organics receival building will be complemented by a composting facility.
There will also be a new materials recovery facility to sort and bale items collected from kerbside mixed recycling bins.
The construction date for a new bulk waste transfer station will depend on when the landfill closes and waste is transported to the planned landfill at Smooth Hill or other disposal facilities.
The Dunedin City Council applied for permits to discharge to air from an organics processing facility and from resource recovery buildings.
A land use consent is being sought for disturbance of contaminated soil during construction works and the council applied for permits for discharging to air relating to this and for diversion and discharge of stormwater.
The Otago Regional Council is to host a hearing at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin on November 20-21.
Regional council senior consents planner Shay McDonald recommended consent be granted.
Key issues for the application related to odour, she said.
A comprehensive set of conditions had been proposed to manage potential odour effects from the composting operation, she said.
People who wrote submissions also raised concerns about potential problems with vermin.
Peter Adams was one submitter worried about having composting activity in a populated area.
Odour might be similar to that experienced in Christchurch, he feared.
June Aerakis requested an effective vermin control trapping and eradication plan be developed and implemented.
Hayden Murray sought reassurance management of pests and odour would be given priority by the city council.
Ms McDonald said it was considered odour issues could be adequately avoided, remedied or mitigated through consent conditions.
The application said buildings would be designed in a way that minimised opportunities for vermin entry.
A pest control contractor will also be engaged.
