NACE Macro-Sector:
E - Water Supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
Level 2:
E38
Level 3:
E38.3
Level 4:
E38.3.2
Description:
“Material recovery from non-hazardous waste”
Sorting and processing of separately collected non-hazardous waste streams into secondary raw materials involving a mechanical transformation process.
Climate Change Mitigation
Metric and threshold:
Material recovery from separately collected non-hazardous waste is eligible provided that:
• It produces secondary raw materials suitable for substitution of virgin materials in production processes; • At least 50%, in terms of weight, of the processed separately collected non-hazardous waste is converted into secondary raw materials.