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CNAE Brazil 38.32-7—Recovery of plastic materials

Class · Classificação Nacional de Atividades Econômicas (2.3 (2025))

Where 38.32-7 sits

  1. E Water, sewage, waste management activities and decontamination
  2. 38 Collection, treatment and disposal of waste; recovery of materials
  3. 38.3 Material recovery
  4. 38.32-7 Recovery of plastic materials

Contains 1 narrower code

What 38.32-7 includes

  • The recovery of discarded plastic materials through separation and sorting using waste conveyor belts
  • Mechanical crushing of plastic scrap followed by sorting and separation
  • Other mechanical treatment methods such as cutting and pressing for volume reduction of plastic materials
  • The classification and compaction of plastics for the production of secondary raw materials
  • The processing (cleaning, melting, shredding) of plastic scrap for granulation

What 38.32-7 excludes

  • The manufacture of new products from recovered plastic raw materials (group 22.2)
  • Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste (38.21-1)
  • Recovery of metallic materials (38.31-9)
  • Rubber recovery (38.39-4)
  • The dismantling of vehicles, computers, televisions and other types of equipment to obtain usable parts for resale (section G)
  • The trade in waste, residues and scrap, including collection, sorting and marketing, without any transformation (section G)

38.32-7 in other systems

NACEEuropean Union
NAFFrance
NAICSUnited States
NOGASwitzerland
SICUnited States (legacy)

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