NAICS Code Description


562211 - Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal

Top Businesses by Annual Sales for 562211 – Click for Complete Profiles:

Clean Harbors IncTradebe Environmental Svcs LLC
Stericycle IncCoulter Companies Inc
Energysolutions IncHCC Corporation LLC
Hulcher Services IncNRC Group Holdings Corp
Brambles Usa IncDaniels Sharpsmart Inc

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) operating treatment and/or disposal facilities for hazardous waste or (2) the combined activity of collecting and/or hauling of hazardous waste materials within a local area and operating treatment or disposal facilities for hazardous waste.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

  • Operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste--are classified in U.S. Industry 562212, Solid Waste Landfill;
  • 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
  • Pumping (i.e., cleaning) cesspools, portable toilets, and septic tanks or renting portable toilets--are classified in U.S. Industry 562991, Septic Tank and Related Services.
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Index Entries for 562211
562211562211562211562211Acid waste disposal facilities
562211562211562211562211Acid waste treatment facilities
562211562211562211562211Combustors, hazardous waste
562211562211562211562211Hazardous waste disposal facilities
562211562211562211562211Hazardous waste disposal facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste
562211562211562211562211Hazardous waste material disposal facilities
562211562211562211562211Hazardous waste material treatment facilities
562211562211562211562211Hazardous waste treatment facilities
562211562211562211562211Hazardous waste treatment facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste
562211562211562211562211Incinerators, hazardous waste, operating
562211562211562211562211Medical waste treatment facilities, hazardous
562211562211562211562211Radioactive waste collecting and/or local hauling in combination with disposal and/or treatment facilities
562211562211562211562211Radioactive waste disposal facilities
562211562211562211562211Radioactive waste treatment facilities
562211562211562211562211Waste disposal facilities, hazardous
562211562211562211562211Waste treatment facilities, hazardous
562211562211562211562211Waste treatment plants, hazardous