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waste management Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitorin ...
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*AATF Approved Authorised Treatment Facility *ABPO
Animal By-Products Order The European Union's Animal By-Products Regulations (Regulation No 1069/2009) allows for the treatment of some animal by-products in composting and biogas plants ( anaerobic digesters). The following article describes procedures required to allow s ...
*ABPR
Animal By-Products Regulations The European Union's Animal By-Products Regulations (Regulation No 1069/2009) allows for the treatment of some animal by-products in composting and biogas plants ( anaerobic digesters). The following article describes procedures required to allow so ...
*ABS
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) ( chemical formula (C8H8)''x''·(C4H6)''y''·(C3H3N)''z'' is a common thermoplastic polymer. Its glass transition temperature is approximately . ABS is amorphous and therefore has no true melting point. ...
*ACE Alliance of Beverage Cartons and the Environment *ACL
Approved Carriers List Approved may refer to: *Approved drug, a preparation that has been validated for a therapeutic use by a ruling authority of a government *''Approved'', a 2013 album by Chester Thompson Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an Amer ...
*ACM Asbestos Containing Material *ACoP Approved Code of Practice *ACP Advisory Committee on Packaging *AD
Anaerobic Digestion Anaerobic digestion is a sequence of processes by which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen. The process is used for industrial or domestic purposes to manage waste or to produce fuels. Much of the ferm ...
*ADBA Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas Association *ADI
Acceptable Daily Intake Acceptable daily intake or ADI is a measure of the amount of a specific substance (originally applied for a food additive, later also for a residue of a veterinary drug or pesticide) in food or drinking water that can be ingested (orally) daily ove ...
*ADR Accord Europeen Relatif aux Transport International des Marchandises Dangereuses par Route European agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road *AE Approved Exporter *AfOR Association for Organics Recycling *ALANI Association of Local Authorities in Northern Ireland *ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable *ALCO Association of London Cleansing Officers *ANPR
Automatic Number Plate Recognition Automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR; see also other names below) is a technology that uses optical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration plates to create vehicle location data. It can use existing closed-circuit tel ...
*APC
Air Pollution Control Emission standards are the legal requirements governing air pollutants released into the atmosphere. Emission standards set quantitative limits on the permissible amount of specific air pollutants that may be released from specific sources over ...
*APCR Air Pollution Control Residue *APSRG Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group *AR Accredited Reprocessor *ARF Advanced Recycling Fee *ARM Alternative Raw Material *ASBO Anti Social Behaviour Order *ASR
Automotive Shredder Residue The shredding of automobiles and major household appliances is a process where a hammermill acts as a giant tree chipper by grinding the materials fed into it to fist-size pieces. The shredding of automobiles results in a mixture of ferrous metal ...
*ASSURE
Association for Sustainable Use and Recovery of Resources Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal * Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry * Voluntary associat ...
*ATEX Atmosphères Explosives Directive 94/9/EC *ATF Authorised Treatment Facility (e.g. for the treatment of end-of-life vehicles (see ELV) and waste electrical and electronic equipment (see WEEE)) *ATT Advanced Thermal Treatment *AV Abandoned Vehicle/s *AVAC
Automated Vacuum Collection An automated vacuum waste collection system, also known as pneumatic refuse collection, or automated vacuum collection (AVAC), transports waste at high speed through underground pneumatic tubes to a collection station where it is compacted and sea ...
*AWC Alternate Weekly Collections *AWCS Automated Waste Collection System *AWTT Alternative Waste Treatment Technologies *AWP Area Waste Plan


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*BAN Basel Action Network *BANANA Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything *BAT (NEEC) Best available technique (not entailing excessive costs) *BATRRT Best Available Treatment Recycling and Recovery Technology *BCS Batteries Compliance Scheme *BDF Biodiesel fuel *BFR
Brominated Flame Retardant Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are organobromine compounds that have an inhibitory effect on combustion chemistry and tend to reduce the flammability of products containing them. The brominated variety of commercialized chemical flame retardants ...
*BIFM British Institute of Facilities Management *BMRA British Metals Recycling Association *BMT Biological Mechanical Treatment *BMW
Biodegradable Municipal Waste Biodegradable waste includes any organic matter in waste which can be broken down into carbon dioxide, water, methane or simple organic molecules by micro-organisms and other living things by composting, aerobic digestion, anaerobic digestion ...
*BOD
Biological Oxygen Demand Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is the amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) needed (i.e. demanded) by aerobic biological organisms to break down organic material present in a given water sample at a certain temperature over a specific time period. T ...
*BOO Build Own Operate *BOT Build Operate Transfer *BPEO Best Practicable Environmental Option *BPF British Plastics Federation *BPPO Best Practicable Planning Option *BRBA Buy Recycled Business Alliance (Australia) *BREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method *BREF BAT Reference Note *BREW(p) Business Resource Efficiency and Waste programme *BRITE Better Regulation in the Environment (Environment Agency initiative) *BRE
Building Research Establishment The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is a centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust. It is a former UK government national laboratory that was privatised in 1997. BRE provides researc ...
*BSI British Standards Institute ** BSI PAS 100 Specification for composted materials ** BSI PAS 101 Recovered container glass: Specification for quality and guidance for good practice in collection ** BSI PAS 102 Specification for processed glass for selected secondary end markets ** BSI PAS 103 Collected waste plastics packaging: Specification for quality and guidance for good practice in collection and preparation for recycling ** BSI PAS 104 Wood recycling in the panelboard manufacturing industry: Specification for quality and guidance for good practice for the supply of post consumer wood for consumption in the manufacture of panelboard products ** BSI PAS 105 Recovered paper sourcing and quality for UK end markets ** BSI PAS 107 Specification for the manufacture and storage of size reduced tyre materials ** BSI PAS 108 Specification for the production of tyre bales for use in construction ** BSI PAS 109 Specification for the production of recycled gypsum from waste plasterboard ** BSI PAS 110 Specification for whole digestate, separated liquor and separated fibre derived from the anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable materials ** BSI PAS 111 Specification for the requirements and test methods for processing waste wood ** BSI PAS 141 Reuse of used and waste electrical and electronic equipment (UEEE and WEEE). Process management - Specification *BVPI
Best Value Performance Indicator Best Value was government policy in the United Kingdom affecting the provision of public services in England and Wales. In Wales, Best Value is known as the Wales Programme for Improvement. A statutory duty of Best Value applies in Scotland.Audi ...
*BVPP Best Value Performance Plan


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*CA
Civic amenity site A civic amenity site (CA site) or household waste recycling centre (HWRC) (both terms are used in the United Kingdom) is a facility where the public can dispose of household waste and also often containing recycling points. Civic amenity sit ...
*CAFÉ Clean Air For Europe programme *CATNAP Cheapest Available Technology Narrowly Avoiding Prosecution *CATNIP Cheapest Available Technology Not Involving Prosecution *CAVE Citizens against virtually everything *CBI
Confederation of British Industry The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is a UK business organisation, which in total claims to speak for 190,000 businesses, this is made up of around 1,500 direct members and 188,500 non-members. The non members are represented through the 1 ...
*CBM Compressed Biomethane *CCGT
Combined cycle gas turbine A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy. On land, when used to make electricity the most common type is called a combined cycle gas turb ...
*CCHP Combined cooling, heating and power *CCL
Climate Change Levy The Climate Change Levy (CCL) is a tax on energy delivered to non-domestic users in the United Kingdom. Scope and purpose Introduced on 1 April 2001 under the Finance Act 2000, it was forecast to cut annual emissions by 2.5 million tonnes b ...
*CCT
Compulsory Competitive Tendering Best Value was government policy in the United Kingdom affecting the provision of public services in England and Wales. In Wales, Best Value is known as the Wales Programme for Improvement. A statutory duty of Best Value applies in Scotland.Audi ...
*C&D
Construction Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations,"Construction" def. 1.a. 1.b. and 1.c. ''Oxford English Dictionary'' Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) Oxford University Press 2009 and ...
and
demolition Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a bu ...
(e.g. C&D waste) *CDG(CPL) Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 1994 *CEC
Commission of the European Communities The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...
*CEMP Construction Environmental Management Plan *CEN Comite Europeen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization) *CEWEP Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants *CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are fully or partly halogenated hydrocarbons that contain carbon (C), hydrogen (H), chlorine (Cl), and fluorine (F), produced as volatile derivatives of methane, ethane, and p ...
*CfSH
Code for Sustainable Homes The Code for Sustainable Homes was an environmental assessment method for rating and certifying the performance of new homes in United Kingdom. First introduced in 2006, it is a national standard for use in the design and construction of new homes w ...
*CHEM Container Handling Equipment Manufacturers *CHIP Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations *CHP
Combined heat and power Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time. Cogeneration is a more efficient use of fuel or heat, because otherwise- wasted heat from elect ...
*CHPA Combined Heat and Power Association *C&I
Commercial Commercial may refer to: * a dose of advertising conveyed through media (such as - for example - radio or television) ** Radio advertisement ** Television advertisement * (adjective for:) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and s ...
and industrial (e.g. C&I waste) *CIPFA
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) is a professional institute for accountants working in the public services, national audit agencies, in major accountancy firms, and in other bodies where public money needs to be ma ...
*CIWEM
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is an independent professional body and a registered charity in the United Kingdom that works internationally to advance the science and practice of water resource management ...
*CIWM Chartered Institution of Wastes Management *CIWMB
California Integrated Waste Management Board The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (also known as CalRecycle) is a branch of the California Environmental Protection Agency that oversees the state's waste management, recycling, and waste reduction programs. CalRecy ...
*CL:AIRE Contaminated Land: Application In Real Environmentsbr>CLAIRE
*CLEA Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment *CLO Compost-like output *CLR Contaminated Land Register *CNEA Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act *COD
Chemical oxygen demand In environmental chemistry, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) is an indicative measure of the amount of oxygen that can be consumed by reactions in a measured solution. It is commonly expressed in mass of oxygen consumed over volume of solution whic ...
or certificate of destruction *COMAH Control of Major Accident Hazards *COPA
Control of Pollution Act Control may refer to: Basic meanings Economics and business * Control (management), an element of management * Control, an element of management accounting * Comptroller (or controller), a senior financial officer in an organization * Controlling ...
*COPLR Code of Practice for Litter and Refuse *CoRWM Committee on Radioactive Waste Management *COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health *CoTC
Certificate of Technical Competence Certificate may refer to: * Birth certificate * Marriage certificate * Death certificate * Gift certificate * Certificate of authenticity, a document or seal certifying the authenticity of something * Certificate of deposit, or CD, a financial pro ...
*CPA
Comprehensive Performance Assessment In the United Kingdom, the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA), conducted by the Audit Commission, assessed the performance of every local authority Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within ...
*CRC CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly the Carbon Reduction Commitment) *CRC Community recycling centre *CRN Community Recycling Network *CRNS Community Recycling Network for Scotland *CRR Campaign for Real Recycling *CRT
Cathode-ray tube A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a Phosphorescence, phosphorescent screen. The images may represent electrical waveforms (osci ...
*CSER Corporate, social and environmental responsibilities *CSR
Corporate social responsibility Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature by engaging in or supporting volunteering or ethicall ...
*CSTR
Continuous stirred-tank reactor The continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR), also known as vat- or backmix reactor, mixed flow reactor (MFR), or a continuous-''flow'' stirred-tank reactor (C''F''STR), is a common model for a chemical reactor in chemical engineering and environmen ...
*CV
Calorific value The heating value (or energy value or calorific value) of a substance, usually a fuel or food (see food energy), is the amount of heat released during the combustion of a specified amount of it. The ''calorific value'' is the total energy releas ...
*CWMRE Creating Welsh Markets for Recyclates *CWP Cheshire Waste Partnership *CWR Controlled Waste Regulations


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*DAC Dense Asphaltic Concrete *DBFO Design Build Finance and Operate *DCF Designated Collection Facility *DCLG
Department for Communities and Local Government The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), formerly the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for housing, communities, local governme ...
*DECC
Department of Energy and Climate Change The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom created on 3 October 2008, by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to take over some of the functions related to energy of the Department for Busin ...
*DECLG
Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage ( ga, An Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage who is ...
(Ireland) *DEFRA
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United K ...
*DGXI Directorate General of the European Commission responsible for the Environment *DLGE
Department of Local Government and the Environment {{Politics of the Isle of Man In the Isle of Man, the Department of Local Government and the Environment ( gv, Rheynn Reiltys Ynnydagh as y Çhymmyltaght) or DLGE/DoLGE was responsible for the environment, social housing policy, local authorities, ...
(Isle of Man) *DMR Dry Mixed Recyclables *DoC
Duty of Care In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation that is imposed on an individual, requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others. It is the first element that must be establi ...
*DOENI Department for the Environment (Northern Ireland) *DRI Dynamic Respiration Index *DSD Duales System Deutschland *DSO
Direct Service Organisation A direct service organisation or direct labour organisation (DSO or DLO) is a business unit of a United Kingdom local authority or housing association which undertakes work specified by the Local Government Act 1988http://www.communities.gov.uk/do ...
*DTI Department of Trade and Industry *DTLR
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions The Secretary of State for Transport, also referred to as the transport secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the policies of the Department for Transport. The incumbent is ...
*DTS Distributor Takeback Scheme *DWP Dorset Waste Partnership


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*EA Enforcement Agency *EBRA European Battery Recycling Association *ECN European Compost Network *EDIE Environmental Data Interactive Exchange *eDoC Electronic Duty of Care *EEA
European Environment Agency The European Environment Agency (EEA) is the agency of the European Union (EU) which provides independent information on the environment. Definition The European Environment Agency (EEA) is the agency of the European Union (EU) which provides ...
*EfW
Energy-from-Waste Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste, or the processing of waste into a fuel source. WtE is a form of energy recovery. ...
*EGSB
Expanded Granular Sludge Bed An expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor is a variant of the upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion (UASB) concept for anaerobic wastewater treatment. The distinguishing feature is that a faster rate of upward-flow velocity is designed f ...
*EHO
Environmental health officer Environmental Health Officers (also known as Public Health Inspectors or Environmental Health Practitioners) are responsible for carrying out measures for protecting public health, including administering and enforcing legislation related to enviro ...
*EHS Environment & Heritage Service (Northern Ireland) *EIA
Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the term "environmental imp ...
*EIC Environmental Industries Commission *EIR Environmental Information Regulations *ELSEF East London Sustainable Energy Facility *ELV End of Life Vehicles *ELWA East London Waste Authority *EMAS
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is a voluntary environmental management instrument, which was developed in 1993 by the European Commission. It enables organizations to assess, manage and continuously improve their environmental performa ...
*EMS
Environmental Management System An environmental management system (EMS) is "a system and database which integrates procedures and processes for training of personnel, monitoring, summarizing, and reporting of specialized environmental performance information to internal and exte ...
*ENTRUST The European Trust Scheme Regulatory Body *ENCAMS Environmental Campaigns (umbrella name for former Going for Green and Tidy Britain Group) *EP Environmental Permit *EPA Environmental Protection Act or
Environmental Protection Agency A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale ...
*EPERN Electronic Packaging Waste Export Recovery Notes *EPOW European Pathway to Zero Waste *EPR Environmental Permitting Regulations *EPRN Electronic Packaging Waste Recovery Notes *EPS
Expanded Polystyrene Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene. Polystyrene can be solid or foamed. General-purpose polystyrene is clear, hard, and brittle. It is an inexpensive resin per unit weight. It is ...
*ERFO European Recovered Fuels Organisation *ERI Energy Recovery Incineration *ES Environmental Statement *ESA
Environmental Services Association The Environmental Services Association (ESA) is a professional organisation in the United Kingdom representing the UK's waste and secondary resources industry. The ESA's members include the major waste management companies in the UK and is open ...
*ESWET European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology *ETBC
Electronics TakeBack Coalition The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification a ...
*ETRMA European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association *ETS
Emissions Trading Scheme Emissions trading is a market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing economic incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants. The concept is also known as cap and trade (CAT) or emissions trading scheme (ETS). Carbon emission t ...
*ETSU Energy Technology Support Unit *EUHWL EU Hazardous Waste List (now incorporated into EWC) *EUROPEN European Organization for Packaging and the Environment *EWC European Waste Catalogue *EWP Essex Waste Partnership


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*FABRA Foodchain & Biomass Renewables Association *FAPP Fit And Proper Person *FBA Furnace Bottom Ash *FCC Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas *FEAD Fédération Européenne des Activités du Déchet et de l’Environnement European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services *FEL Front End Loader *FGT Flue Gas Treatment *FOE
Friends of the Earth Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 73 countries. The organization was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by David Brower, Donald Aitken and Gary Soucie after Brower's split wi ...
*FORWARRD Forum for Waste and Resource Research and Development *FPN
Fixed Penalty Notice In the United Kingdom, a fixed penalty notice (FPN) is a notice giving an individual the opportunity to be made immune from prosecution for an alleged criminal offence in exchange for a fee. Fixed penalty notices were introduced in Britain in the ...
*Frag Fragmentised Waste (e.g. from the vehicle recycling industry) *FTE
Full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often used to measure a ...
*FWD Food Waste Disposer


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*GAIA Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives *GCV Gross Calorific Value *GHG
Greenhouse Gas A greenhouse gas (GHG or GhG) is a gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range, causing the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are water vapor (), carbon dioxide (), methane ...
*GIB Green Investment Bank *GIS
Geographical Information System A geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with software tools for managing, analyzing, and visualizing those data. In a ...
*GLA
Greater London Authority The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the metonym "City Hall", is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London. It consists of two political branches: the executive Mayoralty (currently led by Sadiq Khan) and t ...
*GMWDA Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority *GWP
Global Warming Potential Global warming potential (GWP) is the heat absorbed by any greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, as a multiple of the heat that would be absorbed by the same mass of carbon dioxide (). GWP is 1 for . For other gases it depends on the gas and the time ...


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*HCRW Healthcare Risk Waste *HCW Healthcare Waste *HDPE High Density Polyethylene *HFC
Hydrofluorocarbon Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are man-made organic compounds that contain fluorine and hydrogen atoms, and are the most common type of organofluorine compounds. Most are gases at room temperature and pressure. They are frequently used in air condi ...
*HHW
Household Hazardous Waste Household hazardous waste (HHW) was a term coined by Dave Galvin from Seattle, Washington in 1982 as part of the fulfillment of a US EPA grant. This new term was reflective of the recent passage of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of ...
*HIPS
High Impact Polystyrene Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene. Polystyrene can be solid or foamed. General-purpose polystyrene is clear, hard, and brittle. It is an inexpensive resin per unit weight. It is ...
*HLW High Level Waste *HSC
Health and Safety Commission The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) was a United Kingdom non-departmental public body. The HSC was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA). It was formally established on 31 July 1974. The Commission consisted of a chairm ...
*HSE Health & Safety Executive *HTI High Temperature Incineration *HW
Household waste Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the United States and rubbish in Britain, is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public. "Garbage" can also refer specifically to food waste, a ...
*HWOL HazWasteOnline (web-based tool for assessing and classifying hazardous waste) *HWR Hazardous Waste Regulations *HWRA Household Waste Recycling Act *HWRC Household Waste Recycling Centre


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*IBA
Incinerator Bottom Ash Incinerator bottom ash (IBA) is a form of ash produced in incineration facilities. This material is discharged from the moving grate of municipal solid waste incinerators. Once IBA is processed by removing contaminants, it can be used as an aggreg ...
*IBAA Incinerator Bottom Ash Aggregate *ICE
Institution of Civil Engineers The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, whi ...
*ICER Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling *ICW International Catering Waste (catering waste from means of transport operating internationally) *IED Industrial Emissions Directive *ILW Intermediate Level Waste *INCPEN Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment *IPP Integrated Product Policy *IPPC
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control is a directive of the European Union. It replaces the Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 on ...
*ISRI
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is a United States-based private, non-profit trade association representing more than 1,300 private and public for-profit companies – ranging from small, family-owned businesses to multi-nation ...
*ISWA
International Solid Waste Association The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) is a non-governmental, independent and non-profit association by statutes and follows the mission statement to promote and develop professional waste management worldwide as a contribution to sust ...
*IVC
In-vessel Composting In-vessel composting generally describes a group of methods that confine the composting materials within a building, container, or vessel. In-vessel composting systems can consist of metal or plastic tanks or concrete bunkers in which air flow and ...
*IWM Integrated Waste Management or Institute of Wastes Management


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*JMWMS Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy *JWA Joint Waste Authority


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*KAT Kerbside Assessment Tool


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*LA
Local Authority Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-l ...
*LAAPC Local Authority Air Pollution Control *LACMW Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste (household and commercial waste where collected by the local authority and which is similar in nature and composition as required by the Landfill Directive) *LACW Local Authority Collected Waste (all waste collected by the local authority. This is a slightly broader concept than LACMW as it would include both this and non-municipal fractions such as construction and demolition waste) *LAPC Local Air Pollution Control *LARAC Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee *LAS Landfill Allowance Scheme *LASU Local Authority Support Unit *LATS
Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme The Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme, LATS, is an initiative by the UK government, through DEFRA to help reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) sent to landfill. How does it work? The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 pro ...
*LAWAS Local Authority Waste Arisings Survey *LAWDC Local Authority Waste Disposal Company *LCA
Life Cycle Analysis Life cycle assessment or LCA (also known as life cycle analysis) is a methodology for assessing environmental impacts associated with all the stages of the life cycle of a commercial product, process, or service. For instance, in the case ...
/Assessment *LCF Landfill Communities Fund *LCW Low Carbon Waste *LCPD Large Combustion Plant Directive *LDPE Low Density Polyethylene *LEA Local Enforcement Agency *LEL
Lower Explosive Limit Mixtures of dispersed combustible materials (such as gaseous or vaporised fuels, and some dusts) and oxygen in the air will burn only if the fuel concentration lies within well-defined lower and upper bounds determined experimentally, referred to a ...
*LFD
Landfill Directive The Landfill Directive, more formally Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 is a European Union directive that regulates waste management of landfills in the European Union. It was implemented by its Member States by 16 July 2001. The D ...
*LFG
Landfill Gas Landfill gas is a mix of different gases created by the action of microorganisms within a landfill as they decompose organic waste, including for example, food waste and paper waste. Landfill gas is approximately forty to sixty percent methane ...
*LFT Landfill Tax *LGA
Local Government Association The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local authorities. Its core membership is made up of 339 English councils and the 22 Welsh councils through the Welsh Local Government Association.   The LGA is p ...
*LHIP Landfill and Hazardous Waste Implementation Programme *LIM Loose Incinerator Metals *LLDPE Linear Low Density Polyethylene e.g. plastic wrap and stretch wrap *LLW Low Level Waste *LOLER
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) are set of regulations created under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 which came into force in Great Britain on 5 December 1998 and replaced a number of other piece ...
*LOW List of Wastes *LPSA Local Public Service Agreement *LTCS
Landfill Tax Credit Scheme The Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (LTCS) is a scheme for the distribution of funds generated from Landfill Tax in the United Kingdom. The scheme was established by the Landfill Tax Regulations in 1996. The LTCS was designed to help mitigate the eff ...
*LWaRB London Waste and Recycling Board


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*MTD Metric Ton per Day *MAC Maximum Allowable Concentration *MBI Mass Burn Incineration *MBT Mechanical Biological Treatment *MCA Municipal Collection Authority *MCERTS
Monitoring Certification Scheme Monitoring may refer to: Science and technology Biology and healthcare * Monitoring (medicine), the observation of a disease, condition or one or several medical parameters over time * Baby monitoring * Biomonitoring, of toxic chemical compounds, ...
*MCDA Multi Criteria Decision Analysis *MDC
Metropolitan District Council A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolit ...
*MDR Mixed Dry Recyclables *MEL Maximum Exposure Limit *MHSWR Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations *MHT
Mechanical Heat Treatment Mechanical heat treatment (MHT) is an alternative waste treatment technology. This technology is also commonly termed autoclaving. MHT involves a mechanical sorting or pre-processing stage with technology often found in a material recovery facilit ...
*MMRCV Multi-Modal Refuse Collection Vehicle *MREC Materials Recovery and Energy Centre *MRF Materials Recovery Facility (or Recycling or Factory) *MRWA Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority formerly known as Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority *MSW
Municipal Solid Waste Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the United States and rubbish in Britain, is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public. "Garbage" can also refer specifically to food waste ...
*MSWI Municipal Solid Waste Incineration *MVDA Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association *MWDA
Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority The Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) (formerly Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA)) is a statutory waste disposal authority that manages the municipal solid waste produced in Merseyside, England. MWDA was established in 1 ...
as of December 2011 renamed as Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority *MWLP Minerals and Waste Local Plan *MWMS Municipal Waste Management Strategy


N

*NAWDO National Association of Waste Disposal Officers *NCAS National Compliance Assessment Service *NCH National Clearing House *NCV Net calorific value *NELVS Natural End of Life Vehicles *NFFO
Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation The Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO) refers to a collection of orders requiring the electricity distribution network operators in England and Wales to purchase electricity from the nuclear power and renewable energy sectors. Similar mechanisms ope ...
*NGG New Generation Group (CIWM programme renamed New Member Network) *NGO
Non-Governmental Organisation A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...
*NHHWF National Household Hazardous Waste Forum *NIEA
Northern Ireland Environment Agency The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) is an executive agency within the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). It is responsible for conservation of Northern Ireland's environment and natural heritage. Origi ...
*NIMBY Not In My Back-Yard *NISP National Industrial Symbiosis Programme *NLWA
North London Waste Authority The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is a waste disposal authority with responsibility for disposal of waste in the North London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington, and Waltham Forest. History The NLWA was ...
*NOF
New Opportunities Fund The National Lottery Community Fund, legally named the Big Lottery Fund, is a non-departmental public body responsible for distributing funds raised by the National Lottery for "good causes". Since 2004 it has awarded over £9 billion to ...
*NPWD National Packaging Waste Database *NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy. Established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, the NRC began opera ...
(US) *NSIP Nationally significant infrastructure project *NVQ
National Vocational Qualification National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are practical work-based awards in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that are achieved through assessment and training. The regulatory framework supporting NVQs was withdrawn in 2015 and replaced by the ...
*NWMRF National Waste Minimisation & Recycling Fund *NWP National Waste Plan or Norfolk Waste Partnership *NWPA Nuclear Waste Policy Act


O

*OBB Old Boxboard *OCC Old Corrugated Containers *ODPM
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific ...
*ODS
Ozone Depleting Substance Ozone depletion consists of two related events observed since the late 1970s: a steady lowering of about four percent in the total amount of ozone in Earth's atmosphere, and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone (the ozone lay ...
*OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate ...
*OFGEM
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets , type = Non-ministerial government department , nativename = , nativename_a = , nativename_r = , logo = Ofgem logo.svg , logo_width = 124px , logo_caption = , seal = , seal_width = , seal_caption = , picture = , picture_widt ...
(Great Britain) *OFWAT Office of Water Services (England and Wales) *OJEU
Official Journal of the European Union An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority, (either their own or that of their su ...
*OMA Operator Monitoring Assessment *OPRA Operator Pollution Risk Appraisal *ORA Oil Recycling Association *OWP Oxfordshire Waste Partnership


P

*PAFA Packaging and Films Association *pams Periodicals and Magazines *PAS
Publicly Available Specification A Publicly Available Specification or PAS is a standardization document that closely resembles a formal standard in structure and format but which has a different development model. The objective of a Publicly Available Specification is to speed up ...
*PAYT
Pay As You Throw Pay as you throw (PAYT) (also called trash metering, unit pricing, variable rate pricing, or user-pay) is a usage-pricing model for disposing of municipal solid waste. Users are charged a rate based on how much waste they present for collection to ...
*PCB
Polychlorinated Biphenyl Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly carcinogenic chemical compounds, formerly used in industrial and consumer products, whose production was banned in the United States by the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, Toxic Substances Contro ...
*PCS Producer Compliance Scheme *PELVs Premature End of Life Vehicles (relatively new cars which have not survived the expected life span that most vehicle manufacturers build into their vehicles) *PERN Packaging Export Recovery Note *PET
Polyethylene Terephthalate Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibres for clothing, containers for liquids and food ...
*PFI
Private Finance Initiative The private finance initiative (PFI) was a United Kingdom government procurement policy aimed at creating "public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects. Initially launched in 19 ...
*PIU Performance and Innovation Unit *PM Particulate Matter, airborne (e.g. PM 10 ~ particles under 10 micrometres) *PP
Polypropylene Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. It is produced via chain-growth polymerization from the monomer propylene. Polypropylene belongs to the group of polyolefins a ...
*PP
Proximity Principle Within the realm of social psychology, the proximity principle accounts for the tendency for individuals to form interpersonal relations with those who are close by. Theodore Newcomb first documented this effect through his study of the acquaintanc ...
*PPC Pollution Prevention and Control Act *PPE
Personal Protective Equipment Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, ...
*PPG
Planning Policy Guidance Notes In the United Kingdom, Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPG) were statements of the Government's national policy and principles towards certain aspects of the town planning framework. These national policy documents were originally known as PPGs a ...
(e.g. PPG 10 for waste management) *PPP Public Private Partnership or Polluter-pays principle *PPS
Planning Policy Statement Planning Policy Statements (PPS) were UK government statements of national policy and principles towards certain aspects of the town planning framework. In recent years they only applied to England. However, they still exist within the Northern Ir ...
*PR Producer Responsibility *PRF Plastics Reclamation Facility *PRN Packaging Recovery Note *PS
Polystyrene Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the Aromatic hydrocarbon, aromatic hydrocarbon styrene. Polystyrene can be solid or foamed. General-purpose polystyrene is clear, hard, and brittle. It is an inexpensive resin pe ...
*PSA
Public Service Agreement Public service agreements (PSAs) detailed the aims and objectives of UK government departments for a three-year period. PSAs were abolished in June 2010 by the Coalition Government. Such agreements also "describe how targets will be achieved and h ...
*PUWER Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations *PVB
Polyvinyl Butyral Polyvinyl butyral (or PVB) is a resin mostly used for applications that require strong binding, optical clarity, adhesion to many surfaces, toughness and flexibility. It is prepared from polyvinyl alcohol by reaction with butyraldehyde. The majo ...
*PVC Polyvinyl Chloride


Q

*QMS
Quality Management System A quality management system (QMS) is a collection of business processes focused on consistently meeting customer requirements and enhancing their satisfaction. It is aligned with an organization's purpose and strategic direction (ISO 9001:2015). I ...
*QP
Quality Protocol A Quality Protocol is a national end of waste criteria developed by the Waste Protocols Project, a joint initiative between the Environment Agency and Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). It is funded by the Department for Environment, Food a ...
*QUANGO Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation *QESH Quality, Environment, Safety and Health *QUENSH QUality, ENvironment, Safety and Health


R

*3Rs Reduce, Reuse, Recycle *RAD Rotary Aerobic Digestion *RAG Recycling Advisory Group, Scotland *RCE Regional Centre of Excellence *RCEP
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in the United Kingdom was created under Royal Warrant in 1970 to advise the Queen, Government, Parliament and the public on environmental issues. It was closed on 1 April 2011, as part of the Coali ...
*RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976, is the principal federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste.United States. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. , , ''et seq., ...
(US) *RCV
Refuse Collection Vehicle A garbage truck is a truck specially designed to collect municipal solid waste and transport it to a solid waste treatment facility, such as a landfill, recycling center or transfer station. In Australia they are commonly called rubbish truck ...
*RDA Regional Development Agency (all abolished in England on 31 March 2012) *RDF
Refuse Derived Fuel Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) is a fuel produced from various types of waste such as municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial waste or commercial waste. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development provides a definition: ''"Selected waste ...
*REACH
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is a European Union regulation dating from 18 December 2006. REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human h ...
*RECAP Recycling in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough *RECOUP Recycling Of Used Plastics *REL Rear End Loader *REMADE Recycled Market Development *REPAC Regional Environmental Protection Advisory Committee *RFID
Radio Frequency Identification Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electroma ...
*RIA Regulatory Impact Assessment *RID
Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. For ...
*RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 *RGN Regulatory Guidance Note *RMA U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association *RO
Renewables Obligation The Renewables Obligation (RO) is designed to encourage generation of electricity from eligible renewable sources in the United Kingdom. It was introduced in England and Wales and in a different form (the Renewables Obligation (Scotland)) in Scot ...
*ROC Renewables Obligation Certificates *RoHS
Restriction of Hazardous Substances The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS 1), short for Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, was adopted in February 2003 by the European Unio ...
*RoRo Rolonof/ Roll-on Roll-off, demountable container system *ROTATE Recycling and Organic Technology Advisory Team *RSA Recycled & Secondary Aggregate *RSA Restoring Sustainable Abstraction *RTAB Regional Technical Advisory Body *RVM Reverse Vending Machine *RWM Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition *RWMO Radioactive Waste Management Organisation


S

*SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment *SEI
Sustainable Electronics Initiative Sustainable Electronics Initiative (SEI) is an initiative started in the United States in the summer of 2009 by the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, which is a division of the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability of the Universi ...
*SELCHP South East London Combined Heat and Power *SEPA
Scottish Environment Protection Agency The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA; gd, Buidheann Dìon Àrainneachd na h-Alba) is Scotland's environmental regulator and national flood forecasting, flood warning and strategic flood risk management authority.Soil Guideline Value *SIG Special Interest Group of CIWM *SLF Secondary Liquid Fuel *SLWP South London Waste Partnership *SMDSA Sanitary Medical Disposal Services Association *SNIFFER Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research *SNRHW Stable Non-Reactive Hazardous Wastes *SocEnv
Society for the Environment The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) is an umbrella body for environmental organisations in the UK. Its primary function is the licensing of its member institutions to confer chartered status on sustainability and environmental professiona ...
*SRB
Single Regeneration Budget Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by ...
*SRF Secondary Recovered Fuel or Solid or Specified *SSWAT Site Specific Waste Analysis Tool *STA Source Testing Association *SWA Solid Waste Analysis *SWAG Scottish Waste Advisory Group *SWCN Special Waste Consignment Note *SWDF Solid Waste Disposal Facilities *SWDWP South West Devon Waste Partnership *SWEN Special Waste Explanatory Note *SWF Strategic Waste Fund (Scotland) *SWM Sustainable Waste Management *SWMA Strategic Waste Management Assessment *SWMP Site Waste Management Plan *SWP Shropshire Waste Partnership or Somerset Waste Partnership or Surrey Waste Partnership


T

*TAC Technical Adaptation Committee *TAD Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion *TCLP Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure *TAN Technical Advice Note (Wales) *TEEP Technically, Environmentally and Economically Practicable *TEF
Toxic Equivalent Factor Toxic equivalency factor (TEF) expresses the toxicity of dioxins, furans and PCBs in terms of the most toxic form of dioxin, 2,3,7,8-TCDD.Van den Berg M, Birnbaum LS, Denison M, De Vito M, Farland W, Feeley F, Fiedler H, Hakansson H, Hanberg A, Ha ...
*TFS Transfrontier Shipment *THP Thermal hydrolysis *TLS Transfer Loading Station *tpa
tonnes per annum The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a International System of Units#Non-SI units accepted for use with SI, non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to disting ...
*TRACS Tyre Recovery Activity Compliance Scheme (Ireland) *TRAID Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development *TRF Thermal Recovery Facility *TRIF Technology and Research Innovation Fund *TT
Thermal Treatment Thermal treatment is any waste treatment technology that involves high temperatures in the processing of the waste feedstock. Commonly this involves the combustion of waste materials. Systems that are generally considered to be thermal treatmen ...
*TUPE
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 known colloquially as TUPE and pronounced , are the United Kingdom's implementation of the European Union Transfer of Undertakings Directive. It is an important part of UK lab ...


U

*UA
Unitary Authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
*UASB
Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) technology, normally referred to as UASB reactor, is a form of anaerobic digester that is used for wastewater treatment. The UASB reactor is a methanogenic (methane-producing) digester that evolved from th ...
*UBC Used Beverage Can *UDP
Unitary Development Plan In United Kingdom planning law, a unitary development plan (UDP) is a development plan prepared by a metropolitan district, London Borough or some unitary local authorities. Background UDPs contains policies equivalent to those in both a str ...
*UEL
Upper Explosive Limit Mixtures of dispersed combustible materials (such as gaseous or vaporised fuels, and some dusts) and oxygen in the air will burn only if the fuel concentration lies within well-defined lower and upper bounds determined experimentally, referred to a ...
*UEEE Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment *UKELA UK Environmental Law Association *UKWIN United Kingdom Without Incineration *UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on ...
*UROC United Resource Operators Confederation


V

*VCU Vertical Composting Units *VLLW Very Low Level Waste *VOC
Volatile Organic Compound Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic compounds that have a high vapour pressure at room temperature. High vapor pressure correlates with a low boiling point, which relates to the number of the sample's molecules in the surrounding air, a ...
*VRQ Vocationally Related Qualification


W

*WAC Waste Acceptance Criteria *WAG
Welsh Assembly Government Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
*WAMITAB
Waste Management Industry Training & Advisory Board Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A by-product, by contrast is a joint product of relatively minor economic value. A waste produ ...
*WARRAG Waste And Resources Research Advisory Group *WCA
Waste Collection Authority A waste collection authority (WCA) is a local authority in the UK charged with the collection of municipal waste. There are 376 WCAs in England and Wales who are responsible for collecting waste from nearly 22 million homes and some businesse ...
*WDA
Waste Disposal Authority Waste disposal authorities (WDA) were established in the United Kingdom following the Environmental Protection Act 1990. WDAs are in charge of the use of funds from Council Tax to facilitate the disposal of municipal waste. WDAs must manage waste ...
*WDF WasteDataFlow (web-based system for municipal waste data reporting by UK local authorities) *WEEE
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Electronic waste or e-waste describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. Used electronics which are destined for refurbishment, reuse, resale, salvage recycling through material recovery, or disposal are also considered e-waste. Informa ...
*WET
Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (c 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The white paper "Waste Strategy 2000: England and Wales" ( Cm 4693) is a precursor of this Act. Part 1 - Waste This Part was intended to give ef ...
*WFD Waste Framework Directive *WID
Waste Incineration Directive The Waste Incineration Directive, more formally Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste (OJ L332, P91 – 111), was a Directive issued by the European Union and relates to ...
*WIP Waste Implementation Programme *WIPP
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is the world's third deep geological repository (after Germany's Repository for radioactive waste Morsleben and the Schacht Asse II salt mine) licensed to store transuranic radioactive waste for 10,00 ...
*WISARD Waste Integrated Systems Assessment for Recovery and Disposal *WLP Waste Local Plan *WLWA
West London Waste Authority The West London Waste Authority is the statutory body responsible for waste disposal in the London boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames. The authority was formed in 1986, taking over functions pre ...
*WM2 Technical Guidance WM2 Hazardous Waste: Interpretation of the definition and classification of hazardous waste *WMF Waste Management Facility *WML Waste Management Licence (replaced by Environmental Permits) *WMP Waste Management Plan *WMPEG Waste Minimisation Performance and Efficiency Grant *WMS Waste Management Strategy *WRAP Waste and Resources Action Programme *WRATE Waste and Resources Assessment Tool for the Environment *WRG
Waste Recycling Group FCC Environment (UK) Limited is a waste management company headquartered in Northampton, United Kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas. It was formed in May 2012 through the merger and rebranding of Focsa ...
*WRWA
Western Riverside Waste Authority Greater London has a number of waste disposal authorities, responsible for waste collection and disposal. Prior to the abolition of the Greater London Council in 1986, it was the waste authority for Greater London. Joint authorities There are f ...
*WS2007 Waste Strategy for England 2007 (superseded by the Waste Management Plan for England (2013)) *WSA Waste Strategy Area (e.g. 11 WSAs in Scotland) *WtE
Waste-to-Energy Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste, or the processing of waste into a fuel source. WtE is a form of energy recovery. Mo ...
*WTF Waste Transfer Facility *WTN
Waste Transfer Note The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (initialism: EPA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that defines, within England and Wales and Scotland, the fundamental structure and authority for waste management and control of emission ...


X

*XRF
X-Ray Fluorescence X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is the emission of characteristic "secondary" (or fluorescent) X-rays from a material that has been excited by being bombarded with high-energy X-rays or gamma rays. The phenomenon is widely used for elemental analysis ...
(i.e. checking for the presence of metals in waste plastics)


Y

*YNYWMP York and North Yorkshire Waste Management Partnership


Z

*ZWS Zero Waste Scotland


See also

* Chartered Institution of Wastes Management * List of waste management concepts


References


External links


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Waste Management Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitorin ...
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