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Class 💧 E Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management

38.33 — Other Waste Disposal

38.33
Class
Other waste disposal
SDMX: E3833
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
2 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This class includes: - release of liquid waste to seas/oceans or other water bodies, including seabed insertion - injection of pumpable discards into wells, salt domes or naturally occurring repositories

✗ Excludes

This class excludes: - operation of facilities where recoverable materials are sorted, see 38.21 - energy recovery by thermal treatment of waste, see 38.22 - decontamination, cleaning up land, water and toxic material abatement, see 39.00

Frequently Confused With

38.21
Materials recovery
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 38.22
Energy recovery
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 39.00
Remediation activities and other waste management service activities
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Who is this code for?

Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIX

Waste disposal and environmental services managers

SOC 2020:1255
Common titles: Recycling manager, Waste officer
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 1349

Refuse and salvage occupations

SOC 2020:9235
Common titles: Refuse collector, Bin man, Salvage worker
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 9611

Water and sewerage plant operatives

SOC 2020:8126
Common titles: Water treatment operator
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 8181

Related Occupations

Engineering professionals n.e.c.

Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section E (Other waste disposal).

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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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