dataset-item - NACE

37.20 - Recycling of non-metal waste and scrap

- processing of non-metal waste and scrap and of non-metal articles, whether or not used, into secondary raw material. Typical is that, in terms of commodities, input consists of waste and scrap, the input being sorted or unsorted but always unfit for further direct use in an industrial process whereas the output is made fit for further processing and is to be considered then as an intermediate good. A process is required, either mechanical or chemical

Core content note

- processing of non-metal waste and scrap and of non-metal articles, whether or not used, into secondary raw material. Typical is that, in terms of commodities, input consists of waste and scrap, the input being sorted or unsorted but always unfit for further direct use in an industrial process whereas the output is made fit for further processing and is to be considered then as an intermediate good. A process is required, either mechanical or chemical

Exclusion note

- production of new products from secondary raw material such as spinning of yarn from garnetted stock or making pulp from waste paper or retreading tyres should be classified in the appropriate class of manufacturing - treatment of food, beverages and tobacco waste, see 15, 16 - processing of depleted thorium or uranium, see 23.30 - wholesale in waste and scrap, including collecting, sorting, packing, dealing, etc. without an industrial process, see 51.57 - wholesale or retail sale trade in second-hand goods, see 51, 52.50

In scheme

NACE / 1990

Broader

37.2

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