NACE-BEL 46.87—Wholesale of waste and scrap

Where 46.87 sits

1. G Wholesale and retail trade
2. 46 Wholesale trade
3. 46.8 Other specialised wholesale
4. 46.87 Wholesale of waste and scrap

Contains 3 narrower codes

• 46.871 Wholesale of motor vehicle wrecks and reusable parts
• 46.872 Wholesale of iron and steel scrap and non-ferrous metal scrap
• 46.879 Wholesale of waste and scrap n.e.c.

What 46.87 includes

• The wholesale trade of metallic and non-metallic waste and scrap and recovered materials, including the collection, sorting, separation, dismantling of used goods (e.g., automobiles to recover reusable parts), reconditioning, storage, and delivery, but without processing. Furthermore, the waste purchased and sold has residual value.

What 46.87 excludes

• The removal of household and industrial waste, see 38.1
• The recycling of waste, scrap, and other articles into secondary raw materials if further processing is required (the resulting secondary raw materials are suitable for direct use in an industrial manufacturing process and are not a finished product), see 38.21
• The dismantling of motor vehicles, computers, televisions, and other unusable equipment, and their parts, for the purpose of material recovery, see 38.21
• Shipbreaking, see 38.21
• The shredding of vehicles by a mechanical process, see 38.21
• The treatment of waste for disposal without recovery, see 38.3
• The retail sale of second-hand goods, see 47.79

46.87 in other systems