SBI 38.21.0—Materials recovery

Where 38.21.0 sits

1. E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
2. 38 Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
3. 38.2 Waste recovery
4. 38.21 Materials recovery
5. 38.21.0 Materials recovery

What 38.21.0 includes

• This subclass includes the processing of metal and non-metal waste, including scrap and other materials, into secondary raw materials.
• This also includes 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 mixed recoverable materials (e.g. paper, plastic, used beverage cans and metals), into separate categories.
• Examples of mechanical or chemical transformation processes carried out are:
• Mechanical crushing and shredding of metal waste (e.g. from used cars, washing machines, or bicycles)
• Mechanical reduction of large pieces of iron (e.g. from train wagons)
• Recovery of iron from bog iron
• Recovery of metals from photographic waste (e.g. fixer solution or photographic films and paper)
• Dismantling of wrecks of any type (cars, ships, computers, televisions, and other equipment) for material recovery
• Production of rubber powder from rubber waste and scrap, including purification, separation (elimination) of fractions, and devulcanization
• Sorting and mechanical processing (e.g. cleaning, grinding) of plastics to produce secondary raw materials
• Processing (aging, cleaning, sorting) of bottom ash from incineration into secondary raw materials (metals, aggregates)
• Crushing, cleaning, and sorting of glass
• Grinding, cleaning, and sorting of other waste (e.g. demolition waste to obtain secondary raw materials)
• Processing of waste and residues from food, beverages, and tobacco into secondary raw materials
• Recovery of waste oil, processing of used edible 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 means of mechanical, thermal or chemical processes
• Production of waste compost
• Production of biogas from waste not intended for gas or energy supply

What 38.21.0 excludes

• Manufacture of new end products from secondary raw materials, whether or not self-manufactured (e.g. spinning yarn from frayed wool, pulping of paper waste, tire retreading or metal production from metal scrap), see corresponding classes of section C
• Reprocessing of fissile materials, see 2013
• Remelting of plastics to produce granules or compounds, see 2016
• Smelting of ferrous waste and scrap, see 2410
• Production of or biogas from waste for gas supply, see 3521
• Energy recovery during thermal treatment of waste, see 3822
• Disposal of waste without recovery and treatment prior to disposal, see 383
• Wholesale trade in renewable materials, see 4687

38.21.0 in other systems