NAICS 562219

What is the NAICS code 562219?

The NAICS code 562219 is applied to those industries related to Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal.

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) operating nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except landfills, combustors, incinerators, and sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities) or (2) the combined activity of collecting and/or hauling of nonhazardous waste materials within a local area and operating waste treatment or disposal facilities (except landfills, combustors, incinerators, and sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities). Compost dumps are included in this industry.

Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 562219 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
• 562219 - Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal

Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 562219

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 562219 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 landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste are classified in U.S. Industry 562212, Solid Waste Landfill.

Related activities

Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal industry (NAICS Code 562219):

• Compost dumps
• Dumps, compost
• Lawn waste disposal facilities
• Nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except combustors, incinerators, landfills, sewer systems, sewage treatment facilities)
• Waste (except sewage) treatment facilities, nonhazardous