- Industry codes
- NACE Rev. 2
- 38.32
NACE Rev. 2 38.32: Recovery of sorted materials
Becomes 20.16, 38.21 in NACE Rev. 2.1. ISIC Rev. 4: 3830.
NACE Rev. 2 class 38.32 is "Recovery of sorted materials". In NACE Rev. 2.1 this class is split across 2 classes in the official correspondence table, so a company with this old code can belong to several new ones; check the activity description before you convert.
Where the activity goes in NACE Rev. 2.1
What the class includes (Rev. 2)
This class includes the processing of metal and non-metal waste and scrap and other articles into secondary raw materials, usually involving a mechanical or chemical transformation process.
Examples of the mechanical or chemical transformation processes that are undertaken are:
- mechanical crushing of metal waste from used cars, washing machines, bikes etc.
- mechanical reduction of large iron pieces such as railway wagons
- shredding of metal waste, end-of-life vehicles etc.
- other methods of mechanical treatment as cutting, pressing to reduce the volume
- reclaiming metals out of photographic waste, e.g. 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
What it excludes
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 20.13
- remelting ferrous waste and scrap, see 24.10
- materials recovery during waste combustion or incineration process, see 38.2
- treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste, see 38.21
- treatment of organic waste for disposal, including production of compost, see 38.21
- energy recovery during non-hazardous waste incineration process, see 38.21
- treatment and disposal of transition radioactive waste from hospitals etc., see 38.22
- treatment and disposal of toxic, contaminated waste, see 38.22
- wholesale of recoverable materials, see 46.77
The label in 24 languages
- bgРециклиране на сортирани отпадъци
- csZpracování vytříděných surovin k dalšímu využití
- daGenbrug af sorterede materialer
- deRückgewinnung sortierter Werkstoffe
- elΑνάκτηση διαλεγμένου υλικού
- enRecovery of sorted materials
- esValorización de materiales ya clasificados
- etSorteeritud materjali taaskasutusele võtmine
- fiLajiteltujen materiaalien kierrätys
- frRécupération de déchets triés
- hrOporaba posebno izdvojenih materijala
- huHulladék újrahasznosítása
- itRecupero dei materiali selezionati
- ltIšrūšiuotų medžiagų atgavimas
- lvŠķirotu materiālu pārstrāde
- mtIrkupru ta' materjal magħżul
- nlTerugwinning van gesorteerd materiaal
- plOdzysk surowców z materiałów segregowanych
- ptRecuperação de desperdícios e resíduos, seleccionados
- roRecuperarea materialelor reciclabile sortate
- skRecyklácia triedených materiálov
- slPridobivanje sekundarnih surovin iz ostankov in odpadkov
- svÅtervinning av källsorterat material
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Official classification texts from EU Vocabularies (Publications Office of the European Union, CC BY 4.0), read on 2026-10-05. Correspondence tables link classes that cover the same activities; one old class can be split across several new ones, so check the notes before you convert a dataset. Information only.