38 Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery

This group includes the collection of waste from households and businesses by means of refuse bins, wheeled bins, containers, etc. It includes collection of non-hazardous and hazardous waste e.g. waste from households, used batteries, used cooking oils and fats, waste oil from ships and used oil from garages, as well as construction and demolition waste.

This group includes the disposal and treatment prior to disposal of various forms of waste by different means, such as treatment of organic waste with the aim of disposal; treatment and disposal of toxic live or dead animals and other contaminated waste; treatment and disposal of transition radioactive waste from hospitals, etc.; dumping of refuse on land or in water; burial or ploughing-under of refuse; disposal of used goods such as refrigerators to eliminate harmful waste; disposal of waste by incineration or combustion. Included is also energy recovery resulting from waste incineration process. This group excludes: - treatment and disposal of wastewater, see 37.00 - materials recovery, see 38.3

Code 38.3 covers activities related to the recovery of materials from waste, including the collection, sorting, processing and treatment of waste for the purpose of extracting reusable or recyclable substances such as metals, plastics, paper, glass and other secondary raw materials. It also includes the operation of facilities that separate and prepare these materials for further manufacturing or resale.