NAICS 562111
What is the NAICS code 562111?
The NAICS code 562111 is applied to those industries related to Solid Waste Collection.
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) collecting and/or hauling nonhazardous solid waste (i.e., garbage) within a local area; (2) operating nonhazardous solid waste transfer stations; and (3) collecting and/or hauling mixed recyclable materials within a local area.
Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 562111 in the North American Industry Classification System.
This industrial activity of NAICS code is structured as follows:
- 56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
- 562 - Waste Management and Remediation Services
- 5621 - Waste Collection
- 56211 - Waste Collection
- 562111 - Solid Waste Collection
Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 562111
NAFTA
This code is only used in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). It´s to say, it is not used in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Related codes
The NAICS industry 562111 has the following cross-references:
- Collecting and removing debris, such as brush or rubble, within a local area are classified in U.S. Industry 562119, Other Waste Collection.
- Collecting and/or hauling hazardous waste within a local area and/or operating hazardous waste transfer stations are classified in U.S. Industry 562112, Hazardous Waste Collection.
- Collecting and/or hauling in combination with disposal of nonhazardous waste materials are classified in Industry 56221, Waste Treatment and Disposal.
- Long-distance trucking of waste are classified in Industry 484230, Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance.
- Merchant wholesaling automotive, industrial, and other recyclable materials are classified in Industry 423930, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers.
- Operating facilities for separating and sorting recyclable materials from nonhazardous waste streams (i.e., garbage) and/or for sorting commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, and metal cans, into distinct categories are classified in Industry 562920, Materials Recovery Facilities.
Related activities
Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Solid Waste Collection industry (NAICS Code 562111):
- Ash collection services
- Ash hauling, local
- Garbage collection services
- Garbage hauling, local
- Garbage pick-up services
- Recyclable material collection services
- Recyclable material hauling, local
- Refuse collection services
- Refuse hauling, local
- Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local
- Rubbish collection services
- Trash collection services
- Trash hauling, local
- Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid
- Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid
- Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid