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E - WATER SUPPLY SEWERAGE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES

CAEN Code 3832: Recovery of sorted materials

CAEN Code 3832: Recovery of sorted materials

Includes

This class includes the processing of metal and non-metal waste and scrap into secondary raw materials, typically through mechanical or chemical transformation processes. Examples of these processes include mechanical crushing of metal waste from used cars, washing machines, bikes, and other sources.

  • mechanical reduction of large iron pieces such as railway wagons
  • shredding of metal waste, end-of-life vehicles etc
  • Other mechanical treatment methods include cutting and pressing to reduce volume.
  • reclaiming metals out of photographic waste, eg fixer solution or photographic films and paper - reclaiming of rubber such as used tyres to produce secondary raw material
  • sorting and pelleting of plastics to produce secondary raw material for tubes, flower pots, pallets and the like
  • processing (cleaning, melting, grinding) of plastic or rubber waste to granulates
  • crushing, cleaning and sorting of glass
  • crushing, cleaning and sorting of other waste such as demolition waste to obtain secondary raw material
  • processing of used cooking oils and fats into secondary raw materials
  • processing of other food, beverage and tobacco waste and residual substances into secondary raw materials

Includesalso

Also included is the recovery of materials from waste streams in the form of (1) separating and sorting recoverable materials from non-hazardous waste streams (ie garbage) or (2) the separating and sorting of commingled recoverable materials, such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans and metals, into distinct categories

This class excludes:

  • manufacture of new final products from (whether or not self-manufactured) secondary raw materials, such as spinning yarn from garnetted stock, making pulp from paper waste, retreading tyres or production of metal from metal scrap, see corresponding classes in section C (Manufacturing)
  • reprocessing of nuclear fuels, see CAEN 2013
  • remelting ferrous waste and scrap, see CAEN 2410
  • materials recovery during the waste combustion or incineration process; see 382 - treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste CAEN 3821
  • treatment of organic waste for disposal, including production of compost, see CAEN 3821
  • energy recovery during non-hazardous waste incineration process, see CAEN 3821
  • treatment and disposal of transition radioactive waste from hospitals etc, see CAEN 3822
  • treatment and disposal of toxic, contaminated waste, see CAEN 3822
  • wholesale of recoverable materials, see CAEN 4677

Also used for in caselaw:

  • Rubber powder produced from rubber waste and scrap, including processes such as decontamination, fraction separation, and devulcanization.
  • Extraction of silver from waste chemicals, excluding electrolytic refining
  • Treatment and disposal, as well as recovery, of waste oil
  • Recovery of iron from clinker