North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012

• 41 - Wholesale trade
• 418 - Miscellaneous merchant wholesalers^CAN
• 4181 - Recyclable material merchant wholesalers^CAN
• 41819 - Other recyclable material merchant wholesalers^CAN

418190 - Other recyclable material merchant wholesalers^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in buying, breaking up, sorting, grinding, shredding and selling recyclable materials, such as plastic, glass, textiles, liquids and sludges.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • glass scrap, wholesale
  • rags, paper, rubber and bottles (scrap), wholesale
  • recyclable empty bottles, merchant wholesalers
  • recyclable materials (e.g., glass, oils, textiles), wholesale
  • rubber scrap and scrap tires, merchant wholesalers

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing intermediate or finished products from recycled materials(31-33)
  • compounding plastics resins from recycled plastic products (See 325991 Custom compounding of purchased resins)