SNI 46.872—Wholesale of metal waste and scrap

Where 46.872 sits

1. G Wholesale and Retail Trade
2. 46 Wholesale trade
3. 46.8 Other specialised wholesale
4. 46.87 Wholesale of waste and scrap
5. 46.872 Wholesale of metal waste and scrap

What 46.872 includes

• Dismantling of used computers, televisions and other equipment to obtain and resell usable parts
• Wholesale of metal waste and scrap for recycling including collection, sorting, separation, dismantling of used goods for the purpose of recovering the parts that can be reused, packaging and repackaging, storage and delivery, but without an actual processing process. The waste purchased and sold also has a value.

What 46.872 excludes

• Collection of household and industrial waste, see 38.1
• Processing of waste and scrap and other goods into secondary raw materials when a transformation process is required (and the resulting secondary raw material is suitable for direct use in an industrial manufacturing process but is not a finished product), see 38.21
• Dismantling of unusable equipment and metal parts for recycling, see 38.21
• - ship scrapping, see 38.21
• Treatment of waste for disposal without recovery, see 38.3
• Retail sale of second-hand goods, see 47.79

Example activities

• computers, dismantling, disassembly of metal goods for direct use, wholesale
• iron and metal scrap, wholesale (also online sales to businesses)
• scrap metal, purchase and resale
• scrap metal, scrap metal, (not from cars), wholesale
• televisions, dismantling, dismantling of metal goods for direct use, wholesale

46.872 in other systems