NIC 382—Waste treatment and disposal

Where 382 sits

1. E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
2. 38 Waste collection, treatment and disposal, and recovery activities
3. 382 Waste treatment and disposal

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 3821 Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
• 3822 Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste

What 382 includes

• This group includes the disposal and treatment prior to disposal of various forms of waste by different means, such as waste 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.; waste disposal without recovery 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 the generation of electricity resulting from waste incineration processes.

What 382 excludes

• Treatment and disposal of wastewater, see 3700
• Waste recovery, see 3830

382 in other systems