562212 Solid Waste Landfill
Overview
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.
Top Organizations
Cross-References
- Operating treatment and/or disposal facilities for hazardous waste--are classified in U.S. Industry 562211, Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal;
- Operating combustors and incinerators for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste--are classified in U.S. Industry 562213, Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators;
- Collecting, treating, and disposing waste through sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities--are classified in Industry 221320, Sewage Treatment Facilities;
- 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; and
- Manufacturing compost--are classified in U.S. Industry 325315, Compost Manufacturing.
Index Entries
| 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 |