UK SIC 2007 38220: Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 38.22 and NACE Rev. 2.1 38.22, 38.23, 38.31, 38.32, 38.33. ISIC Rev. 4: 3822.

UK SIC 2007 code 38220 is "Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 38.22, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Treatment and disposal of 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 5 classes, so check the activity before you convert.

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	38220	Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste
NACE Rev. 2	38.22	Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste
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	3822

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes the disposal and treatment prior to disposal of solid or non-solid hazardous waste, including waste that if explosive, oxidising, flammable, toxic, irritant, carcinogenic, corrosive, infectious and other substances and preparations harmful for human health and environment. This class includes: - operation of facilities for treatment of hazardous waste - treatment and disposal of toxic live or dead animals and other contaminated waste - incineration of hazardous waste - disposal of used goods such as refrigerators to eliminate harmful waste - treatment, disposal and storage of radioactive nuclear waste including: • treatment and disposal of transition radioactive waste, i.e. decaying within the period of transport, from hospitals • encapsulation, preparation and other treatment of nuclear waste for storage

What it excludes

This class excludes: - reprocessing of nuclear fuels, see 20.13 - incineration of non-hazardous waste, see 38.21 - 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.