SBI 38.3—Waste disposal without recovery

Where 38.3 sits

1. E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
2. 38 Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
3. 38.3 Waste disposal without recovery

Contains 3 narrower codes

• 38.31 Incineration without energy recovery
• 38.32 Landfilling or permanent storage
• 38.33 Other waste disposal

What 38.3 includes

• This group includes the disposal of both non-hazardous and hazardous waste. This includes thermal treatment without energy recovery, landfilling, discharge into water bodies, and permanent waste storage. This group also includes the treatment prior to disposal of various forms of waste in various ways (e.g., treatment of organic waste for disposal; treatment and disposal of toxic live or dead animals and other contaminated waste; treatment and disposal of radioactive transition waste from hospitals, etc.).
• This group also includes the burial or plowing under of waste; the removal of used goods to dispose of hazardous waste.

What 38.3 excludes

• Treatment and discharge of wastewater, see 3700
• Waste recovery, see 382

38.3 in other systems