NAICS 562112
What is the NAICS code 562112?
The NAICS code 562112 is applied to those industries related to Hazardous Waste Collection.
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in collecting and/or hauling hazardous waste within a local area and/or operating hazardous waste transfer stations. Hazardous waste collection establishments may be responsible for the identification, treatment, packaging, and labeling of waste for the purposes of transport.
Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 562112 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
- 562112 - Hazardous Waste Collection
Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 562112
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 562112 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 in combination with disposal of hazardous waste materials are classified in U.S. Industry 562211, Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal.
- Collecting and/or hauling nonhazardous solid waste (i.e., garbage) and/or recyclable materials within a local area and/or operating nonhazardous solid waste transfer stations are classified in U.S. Industry 562111, Solid Waste Collection.
- Long-distance trucking of waste are classified in Industry 484230, Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance.
Related activities
Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Hazardous Waste Collection industry (NAICS Code 562112):
- Hazardous waste collection services
- Radioactive waste collecting and/or local hauling
- Waste collection services, hazardous
- Waste hauling, local, hazardous
- Waste transfer stations, hazardous
