SCIAN 56292—Waste recovery

Where 56292 sits

1. 56 Business support services and waste managementt, and remediation services
2. 562 Waste managementt and remediation services
3. 5629 Remediation, recovery, and other waste management services
4. 56292 Waste recovery

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 562921 Waste recovery by the private sector
• 562922 Waste recovery by the public sector

Description

Economic units primarily dedicated to recovering usable materials from waste, such as used PET bottles, used aluminum cans, used cardboard, used paper, used glass, scrap metal, used textiles, electronic waste, and other recyclable materials. Recovery involves activities such as collecting, sorting, selecting, and compacting the materials.

Cross-references for 56292

• Establishments primarily engaged in the manufacture of recycled textile products (31499, Manufacture of other textile products not elsewhere classified); of paper, cardboard and paperboard from pulp of recycled materials (3221, Manufacture of pulp, paper and cardboard); of resins from recycled plastics (32599, Manufacture of other chemical products); to the wholesale trade of scrap metal, waste paper and cardboard, waste glass, waste plastic, and other waste materials (43431, Wholesale trade of waste materials), and non-hazardous waste transfer stations (56212, Collection of non-hazardous waste).

56292 in other systems