Classification Detail
ISIC, Rev. 3.1 - Code 3710
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3710 - Recycling of metal waste and scrap
Explanatory note
This class includes:
- processing of metal waste and scrap and of metal articles into secondary raw material. Examples of mechanical or chemical transformation processes are:
* mechanical crushing of metal waste such as used cars, washing machines, bikes etc. with subsequent sorting and separation
* 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
- ship-breaking
This class excludes:
- manufacture of new final metals or new final metal products from (whether or not self-manufactured) secondary metal raw materials, see divisions 27 and 28
- car dismantling sites, demolition of machinery, computers in order to obtain reusable parts etc., including trade in second-hand spare parts, see divisions 50, 51 and 52
- disposal of used goods such as refrigerators to eliminate harmful waste, see 9000