382200 Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste

This type includes the disposal and treatment prior to disposal of solid or non-solid hazardous waste, including waste that is explosive, oxidising, flammable, toxic, irritant, carcinogenic, corrosive, infectious and other substances and preparations harmful for human health and environment.

This type includes:

• operation of facilities for treatment of hazardous waste
• treatment and disposal of toxic live or dead animals and other contaminated waste
• incineration of hazardous waste
• disposal of used goods such as refrigerators to eliminate harmful waste
• treatment, disposal and storage of radioactive nuclear waste including:
• treatment and disposal of transition radioactive waste, i.e. decaying within the period of transport, from hospitals
• encapsulation, preparation and other treatment of nuclear waste for storage

This type excludes:

• reprocessing of nuclear fuels (see 201300)
• incineration of non-hazardous waste (see 382100)
• decontamination, clean up of land, water; toxic material abatement (see 390000)