SCIAN 562211—Treatment and final disposal of hazardous waste by the private sector

Where 562211 sits

1. 56 Business support services and waste managementt, and remediation services
2. 562 Waste managementt and remediation services
3. 5622 Treatment and final disposal of waste
4. 56221 Treatment and final disposal of hazardous waste
5. 562211 Treatment and final disposal of hazardous waste by the private sector

Description

Economic units in the private sector primarily engaged in the treatment of hazardous waste through biological, chemical or physical procedures to reduce, eliminate or transform waste, and final disposal of hazardous waste through controlled containment, containment in stable geological formations or in containers on land and other methods.

What 562211 includes

• Confinement in stable geological formations of the private sector, disposal of hazardous waste in

Example activities

• oils, fats, mixtures and oily waste, treatment by the private sector
• used batteries, treatment by the private sector
• polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs), treatment by the private sector
• controlled confinement by the private sector, disposal of hazardous waste in
• private sector aboveground containers, hazardous waste disposal in
• used tires, treatment by the private sector
• sludge, solutions and inorganic or heavy metal waste, treatment by the private sector
• pesticides, herbicides and fungicides, treatment by the private sector
• biological-infectious hazardous waste, treatment by the private sector
• hazardous waste, containment by the private sector
• hazardous waste, disposal by the private sector
• hazardous waste, incineration by the private sector
• hazardous waste, treatment by the private sector
• organic solvents, solutions and distillation bottoms, treatment by the private sector

Cross-references for 562211

• Economic units of the private sector mainly engaged in wastewater treatment (221311, Collection, treatment and supply of water carried out by the private sector), and in the treatment and final disposal of non-hazardous waste (562221, Treatment and final disposal of non-hazardous waste by the private sector).

562211 in other systems