PKD 38.21—Raw material recovery

Where 38.21 sits

1. E Water Supply, Sewage and Waste Management, and Reclamation Activities
2. 38 Activities related to the collection, recovery and disposal of waste
3. 38.2 Waste-related recovery
4. 38.21 Raw material recovery

Contains 1 narrower code

• 38.21.Z Raw material recovery

What 38.21 includes

• This class includes the processing of metal and non-metal waste, including scrap and other articles into secondary raw materials.
• Further included is the recovery of materials from waste streams in the form of: (1) separating and sorting recoverable materials from non-hazardous waste streams; or (2) separating and sorting of commingled recoverable materials (for example, paper, plastics, used beverage cans and metals) into distinct categories.
• Examples of the mechanical or chemical transformation processes that are undertaken include:
• 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)
• Dismantling of wrecks of any type (automobiles, ships, computers, televisions and other equipment) for materials recovery
• Producing of rubber powder from rubber waste and scrap, including decontamination, division (elimination) of fractions and devulcanising
• Sorting and mechanical processing (e.g. cleaning, grinding) of plastics to produce secondary raw materials
• Processing (ageing, cleaning, sorting) of incineration bottom ash into secondary raw materials (metals, aggregates)
• Crushing, cleaning and sorting of glass
• Crushing, cleaning and sorting of other waste (e.g. demolition waste to obtain secondary raw materials)
• Processing of food, beverage and tobacco waste and residual substances into secondary raw materials
• Recovery of waste oil, processing of used cooking oils and fats into secondary raw materials
• Extraction of silver from waste chemicals, other than by electrolytic refining
• Recovery of phosphorus from the incineration of sewage sludge
• Recovery of textile and clothing products by mechanical, thermal or chemical processes
• Production of waste compost
• Production of biogas from waste, not for the purpose of gas or energy supply

What 38.21 excludes

• Manufacture of new final products from secondary raw materials, whether or not self-manufactured (e.g. spinning yarn from garnetted stock, making pulp from paper waste, retreading tyres or the production of metal from metal scrap), see corresponding classes in section C
• Reprocessing of nuclear fuels, see 20.13
• Remelting of plastics to produce granulates or compounds, see 20.16
• Remelting ferrous waste and scrap, see 24.10
• Production of biogas from waste for gas supply, see 35.21
• Energy recovery during waste thermal treatment, see 38.22
• Disposal of waste without recovery and treatment prior to disposal, see 38.3
• Wholesale of recoverable materials, see 46.87

38.21 in other systems