Material recovery

Processing of metal and non-metal waste and scrap and other articles into secondary raw materials, usually involving a mechanical or chemical transformation process
382510
Municipal waste
Recovery of materials from waste streams in the form of: separating and sorting recoverable materials from non-hazardous waste streams (i.e. garbage); separating and sorting of commingled recoverable materials, such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans and metals, into distinct categories
382510
Municipal waste
Mechanical crushing of metal waste such as used cars, washing machines, bikes etc. with subsequent sorting and separation
7204
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel (excl. slag, scale and other waste from the production of iron or steel; radioactive waste and scrap; fragments of pigs, blocks or other primary forms of pig iron or spiegeleisen)
Dismantling of automobiles, computers, televisions and other equipment for materials recovery
7204
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel (excl. slag, scale and other waste from the production of iron or steel; radioactive waste and scrap; fragments of pigs, blocks or other primary forms of pig iron or spiegeleisen)
Mechanical reduction of large iron pieces such as railway wagons
7204
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel (excl. slag, scale and other waste from the production of iron or steel; radioactive waste and scrap; fragments of pigs, blocks or other primary forms of pig iron or spiegeleisen)
Shredding of metal waste, end-of-life vehicles etc.; Other methods of mechanical treatment as cutting, pressing to reduce the volume
81
OTHER BASE METALS; CERMETS; ARTICLES THEREOF
Reclaiming metals out of photographic waste, e.g. fixer solution or photographic films and paper
7112
Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste and scrap containing precious metal or precious-metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (excl. waste and scrap melted down into unworked blocks, ingots, or similar forms, and e-waste of heading 8549)
Reclaiming of rubber such as used tyres to produce secondary raw material
4003
Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip.
Sorting and pelleting of plastics to produce secondary raw material for tubes, flower pots, pallets and the like
3926
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s.
Processing (cleaning, melting, grinding) of rubber waste to granulates
4004
Waste, parings and scrap of rubber (other than hard rubber) and powders and granules obtained therefrom.
Processing (cleaning, melting, grinding) of plastic waste to granulates
3915
Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics
Crushing, cleaning and sorting of glass
70
GLASS AND GLASSWARE
Crushing, cleaning and sorting of other waste such as demolition waste to obtain secondary raw material
382510
Municipal waste
Processing of used cooking oils and fats into secondary raw materials
1506
Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.
Processing of other food, beverage and tobacco waste and residual substances into secondary raw materials
3825
Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, n.e.s.; municipal waste; sewage sludge; clinical waste, waste organic solvents, wastes of metal pickling liquors, of hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids and other wastes from chemical or allied industries (excl. wastes containing mainly petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals)