SNI 38.21—Materials recovery

Where 38.21 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

Contains 5 narrower codes

• 38.211 Dismantling of car wrecks
• 38.212 Dismantling of electric and electronic equipment
• 38.213 Dismantling of other wrecks
• 38.214 Recovery of sorted materials
• 38.215 Recovery of hazardous waste

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