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2007 NAICS Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of automotive scrap, industrial scrap, and other recyclable materials. Included in this industry are auto wreckers primarily engaged in dismantling motor vehicles for the purpose of wholesaling scrap.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Dismantling motor vehicles for the purpose of selling used parts--are classified in Industry 423140, Motor Vehicle Parts (Used) Merchant Wholesalers; and
• Operating facilities where commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans, and metals are sorted into distinct categories--are classified in Industry 562920, Materials Recovery Facilities.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers
• Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers
• Fur cuttings and scraps merchant wholesalers
• General-line scrap merchant wholesalers
• Glass scrap merchant wholesalers
• Industrial wastes to be reclaimed merchant wholesalers
• Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
• Oil, waste, merchant wholesalers
• Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers
• Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers
• Rags merchant wholesalers
• Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
• Rubber scrap and scrap tires merchant wholesalers
• Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers
• Ship dismantling (except at floating drydocks and shipyards) merchant wholesalers
• Textile waste merchant wholesalers
• Tires, scrap, merchant wholesalers
• Waste materials merchant wholesalers