NAICS 562212

What is the NAICS code 562212?

The NAICS code 562212 is applied to those industries related to Solid Waste Landfill.

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. These establishments may produce byproducts, such as methane.

Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 562212 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
• 5622 - Waste Treatment and Disposal
• 56221 - Waste Treatment and Disposal
• 562212 - Solid Waste Landfill

Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 562212

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 562212 has the following cross-references:

• Collecting, treating, and disposing waste through sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities are classified in Industry 221320, Sewage Treatment Facilities.
• Manufacturing compost are classified in U.S. Industry 325315, Compost Manufacturing.
• Operating combustors and incinerators for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste are classified in U.S. Industry 562213, Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators.
• 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.
• Operating treatment and/or disposal facilities for hazardous waste are classified in U.S. Industry 562211, Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal.

Related activities

Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Solid Waste Landfill industry (NAICS Code 562212):

• 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