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2007 NAICS Definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste or (2) the combined activity of collecting and/or hauling nonhazardous waste materials within a local area and operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Operating treatment and/or disposal facilities for hazardous waste--are classified in U.S. Industry 562211, Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal;
• Operating combustors and incinerators for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste--are classified in U.S. Industry 562213, Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators;
• Collecting, treating, and disposing waste through sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities--are classified in Industry 221320, Sewage Treatment Facilities;
• Operating nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except landfills, combustors, incinerators, and sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities)--are classified in U.S. Industry 562219, Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal; and
• Manufacturing compost--are classified in U.S. Industry 325314, Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash)
• Garbage disposal landfills
• Garbage dumps
• Landfills
• Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills
• Refuse disposal landfills
• Rubbish disposal landfills
• Sanitary landfills
• Sludge disposal sites
• Solid waste landfills combined with collection and/or local hauling of nonhazardous waste materials
• Solid waste landfills, nonhazardous
• Trash disposal landfills
• Waste disposal landfills, nonhazardous solid