NOGA code 382100: Materials recovery

Where it sits

Section: E Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities
Division: 38 Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
Group: 382 Waste recovery
Class: 3821 Materials recovery
Type: 382100 Materials recovery

Its name in four languages

Deutsch: Verwertung von Werkstoffen
Français: Récupération de matériaux
Italiano: Recupero dei materiali
English: Materials recovery

What it includes

This type includes the processing of metal and non-metal waste, including scrap and other articles into secondary raw materials.
Further included is the recovery of materials from waste streams in the form of: (1) separating and sorting recoverable materials from non-hazardous waste streams; or (2) separating and sorting of commingled recoverable materials (for example, paper, plastics, used beverage cans and metals) into distinct categories.
Examples of the mechanical or chemical transformation processes that are undertaken include:
mechanical crushing and shredding of metal waste (e.g. from used cars, washing machines or motorcycles)
mechanical reduction of large iron pieces (e.g. railway wagons)
recovery of iron from clinker
reclaiming metals out of photographic waste (e.g. fixer solution or photographic films and paper)
dismantling of wrecks of any type (automobiles, ships, computers, televisions and other equipment) for materials recovery
producing of rubber powder from rubber waste and scrap, including decontamination, division (elimination) of fractions and devulcanising
sorting and mechanical processing (e.g. cleaning, grinding) of plastics to produce secondary raw materials
processing (ageing, cleaning, sorting) of incineration bottom ash into secondary raw materials (metals, aggregates)
crushing, cleaning and sorting of glass
crushing, cleaning and sorting of other waste (e.g. demolition waste to obtain secondary raw materials)
processing of food, beverage and tobacco waste and residual substances into secondary raw materials
recovery of waste oil, processing of used cooking oils and fats into secondary raw materials
extraction of silver from waste chemicals, other than by electrolytic refining
recovery of phosphorus from the incineration of sewage sludge
recovery of textile and clothing products by mechanical, thermal or chemical processes
production of waste compost
production of biogas from waste, not for the purpose of gas or energy supply

What it excludes

manufacture of new final products from secondary raw materials, whether or not self-manufactured (e.g. spinning yarn from garnetted stock, making pulp from paper waste, retreading tyres or the production of metal from metal scrap), see corresponding classes in section C
reprocessing of nuclear fuels, see 201300
remelting of plastics to produce granulates or compounds, see 201600
remelting ferrous waste and scrap, see 241000
production of biogas from waste for gas supply, see 352100
energy recovery during waste thermal treatment, see 382200
disposal of waste without recovery and treatment prior to disposal, see 383
wholesale of recoverable materials, see 468700

NOGA 2008 codes it continues

Since the switch to NOGA 2025, companies coded under these NOGA 2008 types belong under 382100, in the share the BFS measured in its business register (BUR).

NOGA 2008	Share moved to 382100
382100	46%
383100	100%
383200	98%

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