Federal NAICS Codes

NAICS 562920: Materials Recovery Facilities

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NAICS 562920 federal market metrics

Total obligations
$227.9M
Total awards
2,839 awards
Active obligations
$17.4M
Size standard
$25,000,000 receipts

What this NAICS covers

NAICS 562920 covers facilities that receive, sort, separate, bale, and prepare recyclable materials such as paper, cardboard, glass, metals, and certain plastics for sale or transfer to processors.

Federal opportunities under 562920 typically involve operating sorting lines, manual and automated material separation, baling and containerizing recyclables, contamination removal, commodity quality reporting, and marketing recovered commodities through documented recycling workflows.

FY2025 snapshot

Obligations
$5.7M
Awards
34
Average award
$167.9K
Change from FY2024
-71.7%

Recent awards

Search contractors

$14,849

PORTRAIL CRANE SERVICE, LLC

Department of the Navy

PIID
N4215826PN065
PSC
P100 - SALVAGE- PREPARATION AND DISPOSAL OF EXCESS/SURPLUS PROPERTY

$1,280

WAKO SERVICE CO.,LTD.

Department of the Air Force

PIID
FA520926F0070
PSC
S222 - HOUSEKEEPING- WASTE TREATMENT/STORAGE

$260,965

WAKO SERVICE CO.,LTD.

Department of the Air Force

PIID
FA520926F0058
PSC
S222 - HOUSEKEEPING- WASTE TREATMENT/STORAGE

$11,139

LODESTAR RECOVERY, INC.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

PIID
2031ZA26F00098
PSC
9680 - NONFERROUS SCRAP

$12,342

RUFFIN CONSULTING, PC

Department of the Army

PIID
W9124826FA008
PSC
S222 - HOUSEKEEPING- WASTE TREATMENT/STORAGE

FAQ

What work fits NAICS 562920?
  • Operation of a materials recovery facility receiving commingled recyclables and producing sorted bales of paper, cardboard, glass cullet, ferrous and nonferrous fractions.
  • Manual quality control stations and contamination removal to improve bale quality and meet buyer contamination thresholds.
  • Operation and maintenance of automated sorting equipment such as optical sorters, eddy-current separators, and balers to produce marketable commodity streams.
  • Transfer, staging, and loading of recovered commodities, including containerizing, palletizing, and arranging transport to downstream processors or brokers.
When is NAICS 562920 a weak fit?
  • Waste-to-energy or reprocessing plants: perform thermal or chemical reprocessing of feedstock rather than sorting, baling, and preparing recyclable commodities for market.
  • Landfill operations and disposal services: centered on waste disposal, cell construction, cover, and leachate control rather than recovery and marketing of recyclables.
  • Hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal: requires specialized permits and treatment processes for hazardous streams that go beyond recyclable material handling and marketing.
What solicitation language points to NAICS 562920?
  • Performance metrics require maximum bale contamination percentages or minimum commodity purity levels measured on delivered bales.
  • CLINs describe required operating shifts for sorting lines, maintenance obligations for conveyors and balers, and throughput targets expressed in tons per hour or tons per day.
  • Proposal evaluation requests past performance demonstrating operation of a MRF with optical sorters, eddy-current separators, balers, QA records, and commodity sales documentation.

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