NAICS 562212—Solid Waste Landfill

Where 562212 sits

1. 56 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
2. 562 Waste Management and Remediation Services
3. 5622 Waste Treatment and Disposal
4. 56221 Waste Treatment and Disposal
5. 562212 Solid Waste Landfill

Description

This U.S. Industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste or (2) the combined activity of collecting and/or hauling nonhazardous waste materials within a local area and operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste. These establishments may produce byproducts, such as methane.

Cross-references for 562212

• Operating treatment and/or disposal facilities for hazardous waste--are classified in U.S. Industry 562211, Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal;
• Operating combustors and incinerators for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste--are classified in U.S. Industry 562213, Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators;
• Collecting, treating, and disposing waste through sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities--are classified in Industry 221320, Sewage Treatment Facilities;
• Operating nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except landfills, combustors, incinerators, and sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities)--are classified in U.S. Industry 562219, Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal; and
• Manufacturing compost--are classified in U.S. Industry 325315, Compost Manufacturing.

562212 in other systems