CNAE Brazil 38.39-4—Recovery of materials not previously specified

Where 38.39-4 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. 38.39-4 Recovery of materials not previously specified

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 3839-4/01 Composting plants
• 3839-4/99 Recovery of materials not previously specified

What 38.39-4 includes

• Glass crushing, cleaning and sorting
• The recovery of paper and cardboard chips and waste for the production of secondary raw materials
• The recovery of rubber, such as used tires, for the production of secondary raw materials
• The crushing, cleaning, and sorting of other waste not previously specified, to obtain secondary raw materials
• The processing of other food, beverage and tobacco waste and residual substances into secondary raw materials
• Obtaining organic compounds for soil fertilization from the biological degradation process of non-hazardous organic waste, such as food scraps, animal manure, agricultural crop residues, as well as the organic portion of municipal solid waste

What 38.39-4 excludes

• The manufacture of new products from recovered raw materials (Section C)
• The manufacture of intermediate products for fertilizers (20.12-6)
• The obtaining of fertilizers and compost from the mixture of inorganic chemical components (20.13-4)
• The reprocessing of nuclear fuels (20.19-3)
• Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste (38.21-1)
• The treatment and disposal of contaminated hazardous waste from hospitals, etc. (38.22-0)
• 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)

38.39-4 in other systems