SCIANNational Industry
SCIAN 562921—Waste recovery by the private sector
National Industry · Sistema de Clasificación Industrial de América del Norte (2023)
Where 562921 sits
Description
Private sector economic units primarily engaged in the recovery of usable materials from waste, such as used PET bottles, used aluminum cans, used cardboard, used paper, used glass, scrap metal, used textiles, electronic waste, and other recyclable materials. Recovery involves activities such as the collection, sorting, selection, and compaction of materials.
What 562921 includes
- Private sector facilities for the separation and selection of recyclable materials, services of
Example activities
- used pet bottles, sorting (non-hazardous waste management) by the private sector
- used pet bottles, recovery (management of non-hazardous waste) by the private sector
- used pet bottles, sorting (non-hazardous waste management) by the private sector
- used cardboard, sorted by the private sector (management of non-hazardous waste)
- used cardboard, compacted by the private sector (management of non-hazardous waste)
- used cardboard, recovery by the private sector (management of non-hazardous waste)
- used cardboard, sorted by the private sector (management of non-hazardous waste)
- electronic waste sorting (non-hazardous waste management) by the private sector
- electronic waste recovery (management of non-hazardous waste) by the private sector
- electronic waste sorting (management of non-hazardous waste) by the private sector
- scrap metal, sorting by the private sector (management of non-hazardous waste)
- scrap metal, recovery by the private sector (management of non-hazardous waste)
- scrap metal, sorting by the private sector (management of non-hazardous waste)
- used aluminum cans, sorting (non-hazardous waste management) by the private sector
- used aluminum cans, recovery (management of non-hazardous waste) by the private sector
- used aluminum cans, sorting (non-hazardous waste management) by the private sector
- non-hazardous recyclable materials, recovery and preparation by the private sector
- hazardous recyclable materials, recovery and preparation by the private sector
- used paper, sorting (management of non-hazardous waste) by the private sector
- used paper, recovery (management of non-hazardous waste) by the private sector
- used paper, sorting (management of non-hazardous waste) by the private sector
- used textiles, sorting by the private sector (management of non-hazardous waste)
- used textiles, recovery by the private sector (management of non-hazardous waste)
- used textiles, sorting by the private sector (management of non-hazardous waste)
Cross-references for 562921
- Establishments primarily engaged in the manufacture of recycled textile products (314993, Manufacture of lint and tow); of paper, cardboard and paperboard from recycled pulp (3221, Manufacture of pulp, paper and cardboard); of recycled plastic resins (325993, Manufacture of recycled plastic resins); to the wholesale trade of metal scrap (434311, Wholesale trade of metal scrap); of paper and cardboard waste (434312, Wholesale trade of paper and cardboard waste); of glass waste (434313, Wholesale trade of glass waste); of plastic waste (434314, Wholesale trade of plastic waste); of other waste materials (434319, Wholesale of other waste materials), and non-hazardous waste transfer stations operated by the private sector (562121, Collection of non-hazardous waste by the private sector).
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