46.87
Class
Wholesale of waste and scrap
SDMX: G4687
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
7 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes: - wholesale of metal and non-metal waste and scrap and materials for recycling, including collecting, sorting, separating, stripping of used goods (e.g. cars in order to obtain reusable parts), packing and repacking, storage and delivery, but without a transformation process. Additionally, the purchased and sold waste has a remaining value - wholesale of usable goods (metal, plastics), following the dismantling of cars, computers, televisions and other equipment on own account by the unit without further transformation of the goods - wholesale of car wrecks
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - collection of household and industrial waste, see 38.1 - processing of waste and scrap and other articles into secondary raw materials when a transformation process is required (the resulting secondary raw material is fit for direct use in an industrial manufacturing process, but is not a final product), see 38.21 - dismantling of unusable automobiles, computers, televisions, and other equipment and parts for materials recovery, see 38.21 - ship-breaking, see 38.21 - shredding of cars by means of a mechanical process, see 38.21 - treatment of waste for disposal without recovery, see 38.3 - retail sale of second-hand goods, see 47.79
Frequently Confused With
Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXManagers and directors in retail and wholesale
SOC 2020:1150 Common titles: Shop manager, Retail director
Sales and retail assistants
SOC 2020:7111 Common titles: Shop assistant, Sales person
Retail cashiers and check-out operators
SOC 2020:7112 Common titles: Cashier, Checkout assistant
Related Occupations
Importers and exportersStock control clerks and assistants
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section G (Wholesale of waste and scrap).
In this section
- 46.81 — Wholesale of Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Fuels and Related Products
- 46.82 — Wholesale of Metals and Metal Ores
- 46.83 — Wholesale of Wood, Construction Materials and Sanitary Equipment
- 46.84 — Wholesale of Hardware, Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies
- 46.85 — Wholesale of Chemical Products
- 46.86 — Wholesale of Other Intermediate Products
- 46.89 — Other Specialised Wholesale N.e.c.
Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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