Treatment and disposal of waste (including remediation activities)

This Sub-class includes the treatment prior to disposal and other treatment of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, the disposal of waste, and remediation activities. The waste may be in solid or non-solid form. Units in this Sub-class are primarily engaged in one or more of the following: •operation of landfills for disposal of waste •disposal of waste by combustion or incineration or other methods, with or without the resulting production of electricity or steam, substitute fuels, biogas, ashes or other by-products for further use, etc. •treatment of organic waste for disposal •disposal of used goods such as refrigerators to eliminate harmful waste •remediation activities like: - decontamination of soils and groundwater at the place of pollution, either in situ or ex situ - decontamination and cleaning up of surface water following accidental pollution - cleaning up of oil spills and other pollutions on land, in surface water, in ocean and seas, including coastal areas and other specialised pollution-control activities