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  • 38.12.1 Hazardous waste collection services

    This category excludes:

    • remediation and clean up services of contaminated buildings, mine sites, soil, ground water, e.g. asbestos removal, see 39.00.1
  • 38.12.11 Collection services of hazardous medical and other biohazardous waste

    This subcategory includes:

    • waste collection specifically designed for the collection of:
    • pathological wastes such as anatomical wastes, non-anatomical wastes, sharp wastes, such as needles and scalpels
    • other biological-infectious wastes from hospitals, medical practices, dental practices, medical laboratories
    • other biohazardous wastes from non-residential locations
  • 38.12.12 Collection services of high-level radioactive waste

    This subcategory includes:

    • waste collection services of high-level radioactive waste
  • 38.12.13 Collection services of other hazardous industrial waste

    This subcategory includes:

    • waste collection specifically designed for the collection of:
    • other hazardous industrial wastes (except medical and biological and high-level radioactive waste) that may be hazardous to human health or the environment and that require special handling techniques specified by legislation or regulation e.g. used oils from shipment or garages
  • 38.12.14 Collection services of hazardous municipal waste

    This subcategory includes:

    • waste collection specifically designed for the collection of:
    • residential hazardous waste including materials that may be hazardous to human health or the environment that require special handling techniques specified by legislation or regulation, e.g. used batteries
  • 38.12.2 Hazardous waste, collected
  • 38.12.21 Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors
  • 38.12.22 Pharmaceutical waste
  • 38.12.23 Other medical hazardous waste
  • 38.12.24 Hazardous chemical waste
  • 38.12.25 Waste oils
  • 38.12.26 Hazardous metal waste
  • 38.12.27 Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators
  • 38.12.28 Other hazardous waste
  • 38.12.3 Operation services of transfer facilities for hazardous waste
  • 38.12.30 Operation services of transfer facilities for hazardous waste

    This subcategory includes:

    • services of drop-off centres, transfer stations and container stations