38.32 — Landfilling or Permanent Storage

This class includes the disposal and treatment prior to disposal of non-hazardous or hazardous waste, whether the waste is solid or not, onto or into land (i.e. underground), or in permanent waste storage facilities or sites. This class includes: - operation of landfills for the disposal of waste - treatment of organic waste for landfilling or permanent storage - disposal of by-products of animal origin in landfills

This class also includes: - permanent underground storage of waste in a deep geological cavity (e.g. in salt or potassium mines)

This class excludes: - operation of facilities where waste is unloaded for further transport, see 38.1 - operation of facilities where recoverable materials are sorted, see 38.21 - decontamination, cleaning up land, water and toxic material abatement, see 39.00 - greenhouse gas removal and other carbon capture activities, see 39.00/1 - transport and storage of captured carbon dioxide (C02), see 39.00/2