NACE 38.3—Waste disposal without recovery

Where 38.3 sits

1. E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
2. 38 Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
3. 38.3 Waste disposal without recovery

Contains 3 narrower codes

• 38.31 Incineration without energy recovery
• 38.32 Landfilling or permanent storage
• 38.33 Other waste disposal

What 38.3 includes

• This group includes waste disposal of both non-hazardous and hazardous waste. Included are thermal treatment without energy recovery, landfilling, release in bodies of water and permanent storage of waste. Treatment prior to disposal of various forms of waste by different means (for example, the treatment of organic waste with the aim of disposal; the treatment and disposal of toxic live or dead animals and other contaminated waste; the treatment and disposal of transitional radioactive waste from hospitals, etc.) are also included.
• This group also includes burial or ploughing under of refuse; disposal of used goods to eliminate harmful waste.

What 38.3 excludes

• Treatment and disposal of wastewater, see 37.00
• Waste recovery, see 38.2

38.3 in other systems