Class · NACE Rev. 2.1

46.87 Wholesale of waste and scrap

active

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

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

Per the official Eurostat correspondence table (NACE Rev. 2 → NACE Rev. 2.1):

NACE Rev. 2 origin	Heading (Rev. 2)	Mapping	Type
46.77	Wholesale of waste and scrap	NACE Rev. 2 class 46.77 is mapped to NACE Rev. 2.1 class 46.87	1:1

Code	46.87
Level	Class
Parent	46.8
Classification	NACE Rev. 2.1
Legal basis	Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137
Source	Eurostat (ShowVoc dissemination platform)
Data checked	2026-07-20