List of waste management acronyms

The following article contains a list of acronyms used in the waste management industry.^[1][2]

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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• ABPO Animal By-Products Order 1999 - Rplcd by (Amendment) (England) Order 2001
• ABPR Animal By-Products Regulations
• ACL Approved Carriers List
• ACOP Approved Code of Practice
• AD Anaerobic Digestion
• ADI Acceptable Daily Intake
• ADR `Accord Europeen Relatif aux Transport International des Marchandises Dangereuses par Route` (European agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road)
• ALANI Association of Local Authorities in Northern Ireland
• ALCO Association of London Cleansing Officers
• APC Air Pollution Control
• APC Air Particulate Cleaning residues
• APSWG Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Waste Management Group
• AR Accredited Reprocessor
• ARC21 ARC21
• ARM Alternative Raw Material
• ASSURE Association for Sustainable Use and Recovery of Resources
• ATEX Atmospheres Explosibles Directive 94/9/EC
• ATF Authorised Treatment Facility
• AV Abandoned Vehicle/s
• AWP Area Waste Plan

B

• BAT (NEEC) Best Available Technique (Not Entailing Excessive Costs)
• BATRRT Best Available Treatment Recycling and Recovery Technology
• BFR Brominated Flame Retardants
• BMT Biological mechanical treatment
• BMW Biodegradable Municipal Waste
• BOD Biological Oxygen Demand
• BOO Build Own Operate
• BOT Build Operate Transfer
• BPEO Best Practicable Environmental Option (soon to be replaced with BO Best Option)
• BPF British Plastics Federation
• BPPO Best Practicable Planning Option
• BRITE Better Regulation in the Environment (Environment Agency initiative)
• BREF BAT Reference Note
• BREW(p) Business Resource Efficiency and Waste programme
• BSI British Standards Institute
  • BSI PAS 100 Composting specification
  • BSI PAS 101 Specification for recovered container glass
  • BSI PAS 102 Specification for processed glass for selected secondary end markets
  • BSI PAS 103 Specification for quality and guidance for good practice in collection and preparation for recycling
  • BSI PAS 104 Specification for quality and guidance for good practice for the supply of post consumer wood for consumption in the manufacture of panel board products
  • BSI PAS 105 Specification for paper waste
• BVPI Best Value Performance Indicator
• BVPP Best Value Performance Plan

C

• CATNAP Cheapest Available Technology Narrowly Avoiding Prosecution
• CATNIP Cheapest Available Technology Not Involving Prosecution
• CAVE People Citizens Against Virtually Everything
• 4 C’s Challenge, Compare, Consult, Compete
• CBI Confederation of British Industry
• CCT Compulsory Competitive Tendering
• C&D Construction & Demolition (e.g. C&D waste)
• CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
• CHEM Container Handling Equipment Manufacturers
• CHIP Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (CHIP 3 2002)
• CIWEM Chartered Institution of Water & Environmental Management
• CIWM Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
• CL:AIRE Contaminated Land: Application In Real Environments CLAIRE
• CLEA Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment
• CLR Contaminated Land Register
• COD Chemical Oxygen Demand
• COPA Control of Pollution Act (1974) Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989
• COPLR Code of Practice for Litter and Refuse
• COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (2002) rplcd (1999 Regs)
• CRN UK Community Recycling Network UK
• CRN(S) Community Recycling Network(Scotland)
• CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
• CV Calorific Value
• CWMRE Creating Welsh Markets for Recyclates
• CWR Controlled Waste Regulations (1992)

D

• DCF Designated Collection Facility
• DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• DGSA Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor
• DGXI Directorate General of the European Commission responsible for the Environment
• DOC Duty Of Care - (Environmnetal Protection (DOC) Regs 1991 and (England) (Amendment) Regs 2003)
• DOENI Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)

E

• EA Environment Agency
• EB Environmental Body
• EEA European Environment Agency
• EFW Energy-from-Waste
• EHO Environmental Health Officer
• EHS Environment & Heritage Service (Northern Ireland)
• EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
• EIC Environmental Industries Commission
• EIR Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3391)
• ELV End of Life Vehicles (Directive 2000/53/EC) (Regs 2003)
• EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
• EMS Environmental Management System
• ENTRUST The European Trust Scheme Regulatory Body
• ENCAMS Environmental Campaigns (umbrella name for former Going for Green and Tidy Britain Group)
• EPA Environmental Protection Act (1990) / Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• ES Environmental Statement
• ESA (NIESA,WESA, SESA) Environmental Services Association(Northern Ireland ESA, Welsh ESA, Scottish ESA)
• EUHWL EU Hazardous Waste List ( now incorp into EWC)
• EWC European Waste Catalogue

F

• FORWARRD Forum for Waste and Resource Research and Development
• Frag Fragmentised Waste (from the motor trade industry)

G

• GMW Greater Manchester Waste, Ltd.
• GMWDA Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority

H

• HCRW Healthcare Risk Waste
• HCW Healthcare Waste
• HHW Household Hazardous Waste
• HW Household Waste
• HWD Hazardous Waste Directive (91/689/EEC)
• HWRA Household Waste Recycling Act (2003)
• HWRC Household Waste Recycling Centre

I

• IBA Incinerator Bottom Ash
• IPC Integrated Pollution Control
• IPP Integrated Product Policy
• IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
• ISWA International Solid Waste Association
• IVC In-vessel Composting
• IWM Integrated Waste Management/Institute of Wastes Management pre Charter

J

• JMWMs Joint Municipal Waste Management strategies

K

• KAT Kerbside Assessment Tool

L

• LAPC Local Air Pollution Control
• LAAPC Local Authority Air Pollution Control
• LARAC Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee
• LASU Local Authority Support Unit
• LATS Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme
• LAWAS Local Authority Waste Arisings Survey
• LAWDC Local Authority Waste Disposal Company
• LCA Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment, Litter Control Areas (EPA 1990)
• LCPD Large Combustion Plants Directive (2001/80/EC)
• LEL Lower Explosive Limit
• LGA, WLGA Local Government Association, Welsh LGA
• LHIP Landfill and Hazardous Waste Implementation Programme
• LTCS Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
• LFD Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC)
• LFG Landfill Gas
• LPSA Local Public Service Agreement

M

• MAC Maximum Allowable Concentration
• MBT Mechanical Biological Treatment (systems)
• MCERTS Monitoring Certification Scheme
• MCDA Multi Criteria Decision Analysis
• MDC Metropolitan District Council
• MEAT Most Economically Advantageous Tender
• MEL Maximum Exposure Limit (for COSHH)
• MHSWR Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• MO Materials Organisation
• MRF Materials Recovery Facility (or Recycling or Factory)
• MSW Municipal Solid Waste
• MSWI Municipal solid waste incineration
• MWDA Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority
• MWMS Municipal Waste Management Strategy

N

• NAWDO National Association of Waste Disposal Officers
• NELVS Natural End of Life Vehicles
• NFFO Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation
• NGG New Generation Group (CIWM in-house)
• NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
• NHHWF National Household Hazardous Waste Forum
• NISP National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
• NOF New Opportunities Fund
• NVQ / SNVQ National Vocational Qualification (or Scottish)
• NWAI National Waste Awareness Initiative
• NWMRF National Waste Minimisation & Recycling Fund
• NWRWMG North West Region Waste Management Group
• NWP National Waste Plan (Scotland)

O

• ODS Ozone Depleting Substance (e.g. refrigerants)
• OPRA Operator Pollution Risk Appraisal

P

• PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl (s)
• PELVS Premature End of Life Vehicles
• PERN Packaging Waste Export Recovery Note
• PET Polyethylene Terephthalate
• PM Particulate Matter (e.g. PM 10 ~ particles under 10 micrometres)
• POM / s Prescription Only Medicine / s
• PP Proximity Principle
• PPC Pollution Prevention and Control Act (1999) (Regulations 2000) beware many amendments after 2000
• PPG Planning Policy Guidance note (e.g. PPG 10 for waste management)
• PPP Public Private Partnership, Polluter Pays Principle
• PPS Planning Policy Statement
• PR Producer Responsibility
• PRN Packaging Recovery Note
• PVC Polyvinyl chloride

Q

• QMS Quality Management Systems

R

• RAG Recycling Advisory Group, Scotland
• RCE Regional Centre of Excellence
• RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
• RCV Refuse Collection Vehicle
• RDF Refuse Derived Fuel
• RECOUP Recycling Of Used Plastics
• REMADE Recycled Market Development
• REPAC Regional Environmental Protection Advisory Committee
• RIA Regulatory Impact Assessment
• RID Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail
• RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
• RO Renewables Obligation
• ROC Renewables Obligation Certificates
• ROHS Restricting Of Hazardous Substances in product manufacture
• RoRo Rolonof/Roll-on Roll-off, demountable container system
• ROTATE Recycling and Organic Technology Advisory Team
• RRIB Refined Renewable Biomass
• RTAB Regional Technical Advisory Body

S

• SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment
• SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency
• SGV Soil Guideline Value
• SIG Special Interest Group of CIWM
• SLF Secondary Liquid Fuel
• 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
• SRB Single Regeneration Budget
• SRF Solid recovered fuel
• SRI Static Respiration Index
• SSA Standard Spending Assessment
• SWA Solid Waste Analysis
• SWAG Scottish Waste Advisory Group
• SWaMP Southern Waste Management Partnership
• SWENs Special Waste Explanatory Notes
• SWF Strategic Waste Fund (Scotland)
• SWM Sustainable Waste Management
• SWMA Strategic Waste Management Assessment

T

• TCLP Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure
• TEF Toxic Equivalent Factor
• TPa tonnes per annum

U

• UA Unitary Authority
• UASB Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion
• UBC Used Beverage Can
• UDP Unitary Development Plan
• UEL Upper explosive limit

V

• VCU Vertical Composting Units
• VOC Volatile Organic Compound
• VRQ Vocationally Related Qualification

W

• WAC Waste Acceptance Criteria/Waste Awareness Certificate
• WAG Welsh Assembly Government
• WAMITAB Waste Management Industry Training & Advisory Board
• WARRAG Waste And Resources Research Advisory Group
• WCA Waste Collection Authority
• WDA Waste Disposal Authority
• WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (2002/96/EC) amendments transposed to UK law 13/08/04 Regs to follow
• WET Waste and Emissions Trading Act (2003)
• WFD Waste Framework Directive 75/442/EEC
• WID Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC)
• WIP Waste Implementation Programme
• WISARD Waste Integrated Systems Assessment for Recovery and Disposal
• WLP Waste Local Plan
• WML Waste Management Licence
• WMP Waste Management Paper
• WMPEG Waste Minimisation Performance and Efficiency Grant
• WRAP Waste and Resources Action Programme
• WRATE Waste and Resources Assessment Tool for the Environment
• WSA Waste Strategy Area (e.g. 11 WSAs in Scotland)
• WTE Waste-to-energy

See also

• Chartered Institute of Wastes Management
• List of waste management concepts

References

1. ^ Waste management jargonyms CIWM website, Accessed 9.11.06
2. ^ Acronyms, Environment Agency Waste Technology Data Centre, Accessed 22.11.06