ATECO 38.21.20—Recovery of materials from metal waste

Where 38.21.20 sits

1. E Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities
2. 38 Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
3. 38.2 Waste recovery
4. 38.21 Materials recovery
5. 38.21.2 Recovery of materials from metal waste
6. 38.21.20 Recovery of materials from metal waste

What 38.21.20 includes

• Mechanical crushing and shredding of metal waste (e.g. from used cars, washing machines or motorcycles)
• Mechanical reduction of large iron pieces (e.g. railway wagons)
• Recovery of iron from clinker
• Reclaiming metals out of photographic waste (e.g. fixer solution or photographic films and paper)
• Processing (ageing, cleaning, sorting) of incineration bottom ash into secondary raw materials (metals, aggregates)

38.21.20 in other systems