OKVED 2 38.22—Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste

Where 38.22 sits

1. E Water supply; sanitation, waste collection and disposal, pollution control activities
2. 38 Collection, processing and disposal of waste; processing of secondary raw materials
3. 38.2 Waste treatment and disposal
4. 38.22 Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 38.22.1 Processing and disposal of radioactive waste
• 38.22.9 Processing and disposal of other hazardous waste not included in other groups

What 38.22 includes

• The activities of cleaning up hazardous waste of classes I to IV and cleaning it before its disposal, whether solid or non-solid, including explosives, oxidising, flammable, infectious, toxic, irritating, carcinogenic, corrosive, chemical and other substances and materials harmful to human health and the environment.
• The activities of cleaning up hazardous waste of classes I to IV;
• The activities of cleaning up and recycling toxic living or dead animals and waste polluting the environment;
• The activities of incinerating hazardous waste of classes I to IV;
• The activities of recycling used goods, such as refrigerators, in order to remove the harmful substances and structural parts they contain;
• The activities of cleaning up, recycling and storing radioactive waste, including: cleaning up and recycling radioactive waste with a short half-life, i.e. decaying within the period of transport from medical institutions, sealing, preparation and other processing of nuclear waste for storage

What 38.22 excludes

• Reprocessing of nuclear fuel, see 20.13;
• Incineration of non-hazardous waste, see 38.21;
• Disinfection and purification of land, water; reduction of their content of toxic materials, see 39.00

38.22 in other systems