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E - Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management, and Remediation Activities

CAEN Code 3811: Collection of non-hazardous waste

This class includes:

  • collection of non-hazardous solid waste (ie garbage) within a local area, such as collection of waste from households and businesses by means of refuse bins, wheeled bins, containers etc may include mixed recoverable materials
  • Collection of recyclable materials
  • Collection of waste in public bins

This class also includes:

  • Collection of construction and demolition waste
  • Collection and removal of debris, such as brush and rubble
  • Collection of waste output of textile mills
  • Operation of waste transfer facilities for non-hazardous waste

This class excludes:

  • Collection of hazardous waste, see CAEN 3812
  • Operation of landfills for the disposal of non-hazardous waste, see CAEN 3821
  • operation of facilities where commingled recoverable materials such as paper, plastics, etc are sorted into distinct categories, see CAEN 3832

Also used for in caselaw: Also used for in caselaw:

  • Activities of recycling centers for non-hazardous waste