SNIDetailed Group

SNI 46.873—Wholesale of non-metal waste and scrap

Detailed Group · Svensk näringsgrensindelning (2025)

Where 46.873 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. 46.873 Wholesale of non-metal waste and scrap

What 46.873 includes

  • Dismantling of end-of-life equipment to obtain and resell usable parts
  • Wholesale of non-metallic waste and scrap such as used tyres, glass, plastic, wood, paper, textile waste etc. 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 bought and sold also has a value.
  • Computers, dismantling, disassembling of materials other than metal for direct use, wholesale
  • Scrap, non-metallic waste, purchase and resale, wholesale (including online sales to companies)
  • Television sets, dismantling, disassembly of materials other than metal, for direct use, wholesale

What 46.873 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 other equipment and parts for material recycling, see 38.21
  • Treatment of waste for disposal without recovery, see 38.3
  • Retail sale of second-hand goods, see 47.79

Example activities

  • tires, waste, wholesale
  • glass waste, purchase and resale, wholesale
  • rubber waste, purchase and resale, wholesale
  • rags, purchasing and resale, wholesale
  • paper waste, purchase and resale, wholesale
  • textile waste, wholesale
  • wood waste, wholesale

46.873 in other systems

ANZSICAustralia · New Zealand
ICNEAChina
JSICJapan
NACEEuropean Union
NOGASwitzerland
SICUnited States (legacy)
UK SICUnited Kingdom

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