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2007 NAICS Definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating combustors and incinerators for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste. These establishments may produce byproducts, such as electricity and steam.

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 landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste--are classified in U.S. Industry 562212, Solid Waste Landfill;
• Collecting, treating, and disposing waste through sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities--are classified in Industry 221320, Sewage Treatment Facilities; and
• 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.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Combustors, nonhazardous solid waste
• Garbage disposal combustors or incinerators
• Incinerators, nonhazardous solid waste
• Power generation, nonhazardous solid waste combustor or incinerator electric
• Refuse disposal combustors or incinerators
• Rubbish disposal combustors or incinerators
• Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous
• Trash disposal combustors or incinerators
• Waste disposal combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous solid