dataset-item - NACE

37.10 - Recycling of metal waste and scrap

This class includes: – processing of metal waste and scrap and of metal articles into secondary raw material. Examples for mechanical or chemical transformation processes are: • mechanical crushing of metal waste such as used cars, washing machines, bikes, etc. with subsequent sorting and separation • mechanical reduction of large iron pieces such as railway wagons • shredding of metal waste, end of life vehicles, etc. • other methods of mechanical treatment such as cutting, pressing to reduce the volume

Core content note

This class includes: – processing of metal waste and scrap and of metal articles into secondary raw material. Examples for mechanical or chemical transformation processes are: • mechanical crushing of metal waste such as used cars, washing machines, bikes, etc. with subsequent sorting and separation • mechanical reduction of large iron pieces such as railway wagons • shredding of metal waste, end of life vehicles, etc. • other methods of mechanical treatment such as cutting, pressing to reduce the volume

Exclusion note

This class excludes: – manufacture of new final metals or new final metal products from (whether or not self-manufactured) secondary metal raw materials, see 27 or 28 – car dismantling sites, demolition of machinery, computers in order to obtain reusable parts etc., including trade in second-hand spare parts, see 50, 51, 52 – disposal of used goods such as refrigerators to eliminate harmful waste, see 90

In scheme

NACE / 2002

Broader

37.1

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