UK SIC 2007 38210: Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 38.21 and NACE Rev. 2.1 38.21, 38.22, 38.23, 38.31, 38.32 and 1 more. ISIC Rev. 4: 3821.

UK SIC 2007 code 38210 is "Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 38.21, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste". UK companies state one or more SIC codes when they file at Companies House, and the codes appear in the company record. In NACE Rev. 2.1 the NACE Rev. 2 class behind this code is split across 6 classes, so check the activity before you convert.

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	38210	Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
NACE Rev. 2	38.21	Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
NACE Rev. 2.1	38.21	Materials recovery
NACE Rev. 2.1	38.22	Energy recovery
NACE Rev. 2.1	38.23	Other waste recovery
NACE Rev. 2.1	38.31	Incineration without energy recovery
NACE Rev. 2.1	38.32	Landfilling or permanent storage
NACE Rev. 2.1	38.33	Other waste disposal
ISIC Rev. 4	3821

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes the disposal and treatment prior to disposal of solid or non-solid non-hazardous waste: - operation of landfills for the disposal of non-hazardous waste - disposal of non-hazardous waste by combustion or incineration or other methods, with or without the resulting production of electricity or steam, compost, substitute fuels, biogas, ashes or other by-products for further use etc. - treatment of organic waste for disposal

What it excludes

This class excludes: - incineration and combustion of hazardous waste, see 38.22 - operation of facilities where commingled recoverable materials such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans and metals, are sorted into distinct categories, see 38.32 - decontamination, clean up of land, water; toxic material abatement, see 39.00

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UK SIC 2007: Companies House condensed list of the ONS classification (gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0), read 2026-10-05. NACE data: EU Vocabularies (CC BY 4.0). Information only.