List of waste management acronyms

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

A[]

• AATF
• ABPO Animal By-Products Order
• ABPR Animal By-Products Regulations
• ABS Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
• ACE
• ACL
• ACM Asbestos Containing Material
• ACoP Approved Code of Practice
• ACP Advisory Committee on Packaging
• AD Anaerobic Digestion
• ADBA Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas Association
• ADI Acceptable Daily Intake
• ADR European agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road
• AE
• AfOR Association for Organics Recycling
• ALANI
• ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable
• ALCO
• ANPR Automatic Number Plate Recognition
• APC Air Pollution Control
• APCR
• APSRG Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group
• AR
• ARF
• ARM
• ASBO Anti Social Behaviour Order
• ASR Automotive Shredder Residue
• ASSURE
• ATEX Atmosphères Explosives Directive 94/9/EC
• ATF (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 /s
• AVAC Automated Vacuum Collection
• AWC Alternate Weekly Collections
• AWCS Automated Waste Collection System
• AWTT Alternative Waste Treatment Technologies
• AWP

B[]

• BAN Basel Action Network
• BANANA Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything
• BAT (NEEC) (not entailing excessive costs)
• BATRRT
• BCS
• BDF Biodiesel fuel
• BFR Brominated Flame Retardant
• BIFM British Institute of Facilities Management
• BMRA British Metals Recycling Association
• 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
• BPF British Plastics Federation
• BPPO
• BRBA (Australia)
• BREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
• BREF
• BREW(p)
• BRITE (Environment Agency initiative)
• BRE Building Research Establishment
• BSI British Standards Institute
  • BSI PAS 100 Specification for composted materials
  • Recovered container glass: Specification for quality and guidance for good practice in collection
  • Specification for processed glass for selected secondary end markets
  • Collected waste plastics packaging: Specification for quality and guidance for good practice in collection and preparation for recycling
  • 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
  • Recovered paper sourcing and quality for UK end markets
  • Specification for the manufacture and storage of size reduced tyre materials
  • Specification for the production of tyre bales for use in construction
  • Specification for the production of recycled gypsum from waste plasterboard
  • Specification for whole digestate, separated liquor and separated fibre derived from the anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable materials
  • Specification for the requirements and test methods for processing waste wood
  • Reuse of used and waste electrical and electronic equipment (UEEE and WEEE). Process management - Specification
• BVPI Best Value Performance Indicator
• BVPP Best Value Performance Plan

C[]

• CA Civic amenity site
• CAFÉ
• CATNAP
• CATNIP
• CAVE Citizens against virtually everything
• CBI Confederation of British Industry
• CBM Compressed Biomethane
• CCGT Combined cycle gas turbine
• CCHP Combined cooling, heating and power
• CCL Climate Change Levy
• CCT Compulsory Competitive Tendering
• C&D Construction and demolition (e.g. C&D waste)
• CDG(CPL)
• CEC Commission of the European Communities
• CEMP
• CEN Comite Europeen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardisation)
• CEWEP
• CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
• CfSH Code for Sustainable Homes
• CHEM
• CHIP Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations
• CHP Combined heat and power
• CHPA Combined Heat and Power Association
• C&I Commercial and industrial (e.g. )
• CIPFA Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
• CIWEM Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
• CIWM Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
• CIWMB California Integrated Waste Management Board
• CL:AIRE CLAIRE
• CLEA
• CLO Compost-like output
• CLR
• CNEA Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act
• COD Chemical oxygen demand or
• COMAH Control of Major Accident Hazards
• COPA
• COPLR
• CoRWM Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
• COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
• CoTC Certificate of Technical Competence
• CPA Comprehensive Performance Assessment
• CRC CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly the Carbon Reduction Commitment)
• CRC Community recycling centre
• CRN
• CRNS
• CRR Campaign for Real Recycling
• CRT Cathode-ray tube
• CSER Corporate, social and environmental responsibilities
• CSR Corporate social responsibility
• CSTR Continuous stirred-tank reactor
• CV Calorific value
• CWMRE
• CWP
• CWR Controlled Waste Regulations

D[]

• DAC Dense Asphaltic Concrete
• DBFO Design Build Finance and Operate
• DCF
• DCLG Department for Communities and Local Government
• DECC Department of Energy and Climate Change
• DECLG Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Ireland)
• DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• DGXI Directorate General of the European Commission responsible for the Environment
• DLGE Department of Local Government and the Environment (Isle of Man)
• DMR Dry Mixed Recyclables
• DoC Duty of Care
• DOENI Department for the Environment (Northern Ireland)
• DRI
• DSD Duales System Deutschland
• DSO Direct Service Organisation
• DTI Department of Trade and Industry
• DTLR Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
• DTS
• DWP

E[]

• EA
• EBRA
• ECN
• EDIE Environmental Data Interactive Exchange
• eDoC Electronic Duty of Care
• EEA European Environment Agency
• EfW Energy-from-Waste
• EGSB Expanded Granular Sludge Bed
• EHO Environmental health officer
• EHS Environment & Heritage Service (Northern Ireland)
• EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
• EIC
• EIR Environmental Information Regulations
• ELSEF
• ELV End of Life Vehicles
• ELWA East London Waste Authority
• EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
• EMS Environmental Management System
• ENTRUST
• 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
• 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
• ERFO
• ERI Energy Recovery Incineration
• ES Environmental Statement
• ESA Environmental Services Association
• ESWET
• ETBC
• ETRMA
• ETS Emissions Trading Scheme
• ETSU
• EUHWL (now incorporated into EWC)
• EUROPEN European Organization for Packaging and the Environment
• EWC European Waste Catalogue
• EWP

F[]

• FABRA
• FAPP
• FBA Furnace Bottom Ash
• FCC Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas
• FEAD European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
• FEL Front End Loader
• FGT Flue Gas Treatment
• FOE Friends of the Earth
• FORWARRD
• FPN Fixed Penalty Notice
• Frag (e.g. from the vehicle recycling industry)
• FTE Full-time equivalent
• FWD Food Waste Disposer

G[]

• GAIA Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
• GCV Gross Calorific Value
• GHG Greenhouse Gas
• GIB Green Investment Bank
• GIS Geographical Information System
• GLA Greater London Authority
• GMWDA Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority
• GWP Global Warming Potential

H[]

• HCRW Healthcare Risk Waste
• HCW Healthcare Waste
• HDPE High Density Polyethylene
• HFC Hydrofluorocarbon
• HHW Household Hazardous Waste
• HIPS High Impact Polystyrene
• HLW High Level Waste
• HSC Health and Safety Commission
• HSE Health & Safety Executive
• HTI High Temperature Incineration
• HW Household waste
• HWOL (web-based tool for assessing and classifying hazardous waste)
• HWR Hazardous Waste Regulations
• HWRA Household Waste Recycling Act
• HWRC Household Waste Recycling Centre

I[]

• IBA Incinerator Bottom Ash
• IBAA Incinerator Bottom Ash Aggregate
• ICE Institution of Civil Engineers
• ICER
• ICW (catering waste from means of transport operating internationally)
• IED Industrial Emissions Directive
• ILW Intermediate Level Waste
• INCPEN
• IPP Integrated Product Policy
• IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
• ISRI Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
• ISWA International Solid Waste Association
• IVC In-vessel Composting
• IWM Integrated Waste Management or Institute of Wastes Management

J[]

• JMWMS
• JWA

K[]

• KAT

L[]

• LA Local Authority
• LAAPC
• LACMW (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 (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
• LARAC
• LAS
• LASU
• LATS Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme
• LAWAS
• LAWDC Local Authority Waste Disposal Company
• LCA Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment
• LCF
• LCW
• LCPD Large Combustion Plant Directive
• LDPE Low Density Polyethylene
• LEA
• LEL Lower Explosive Limit
• LFD Landfill Directive
• LFG Landfill Gas
• LFT Landfill Tax
• LGA Local Government Association
• LHIP
• 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
• LOW
• LPSA
• LTCS Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
• LWaRB

M[]

• MTD
• MAC Maximum Allowable Concentration
• MBI Mass Burn Incineration
• MBT Mechanical Biological Treatment
• MCA
• MCERTS Monitoring Certification Scheme
• MCDA Multi Criteria Decision Analysis
• MDC Metropolitan District Council
• MDR Mixed Dry Recyclables
• MEL Maximum Exposure Limit
• MHSWR Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations
• MHT Mechanical Heat Treatment
• MMRCV Multi-Modal Refuse Collection Vehicle
• MREC
• 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
• MSWI Municipal Solid Waste Incineration
• MVDA Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association
• MWDA Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority as of December 2011 renamed as Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority
• MWLP Minerals and Waste Local Plan
• MWMS

N[]

• NAWDO
• NCAS
• NCH
• NCV Net calorific value
• NELVS
• NFFO Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation
• NGG (CIWM programme renamed New Member Network)
• NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
• NHHWF
• NIEA Northern Ireland Environment Agency
• NIMBY Not In My Back-Yard
• NISP
• NLWA North London Waste Authority
• NOF New Opportunities Fund
• NPWD National Packaging Waste Database
• NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• NSIP Nationally significant infrastructure project
• NVQ National Vocational Qualification
• NWMRF
• NWP or
• NWPA Nuclear Waste Policy Act

O[]

• OBB
• OCC Old Corrugated Containers
• ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
• ODS Ozone Depleting Substance
• OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• OFGEM Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Great Britain)
• OFWAT Office of Water Services (England and Wales)
• OJEU Official Journal of the European Union
• OMA
• OPRA
• ORA
• OWP

P[]

• PAFA
• pams
• PAS Publicly Available Specification
• PAYT Pay As You Throw
• PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl
• PCS
• PELVs (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
• PFI Private Finance Initiative
• PIU
• PM Particulate Matter, airborne (e.g. PM 10 ~ particles under 10 micrometres)
• PP Polypropylene
• PP Proximity Principle
• PPC
• PPE Personal Protective Equipment
• PPG Planning Policy Guidance Notes (e.g. PPG 10 for waste management)
• PPP Public Private Partnership or Polluter-pays principle
• PPS Planning Policy Statement
• PR
• PRF
• PRN Packaging Recovery Note
• PS Polystyrene
• PSA Public Service Agreement
• PUWER Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
• PVB Polyvinyl Butyral
• PVC Polyvinyl Chloride

Q[]

• QMS Quality Management System
• QP Quality Protocol
• QUANGO Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
• QESH Quality, Environment, Safety and Health
• QUENSH QUality, ENvironment, Safety and Health

R[]

• 3Rs Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• RAD
• RAG , Scotland
• RCE
• RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
• RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US)
• RCV Refuse Collection Vehicle
• RDA Regional Development Agency (all abolished in England on 31 March 2012)
• RDF Refuse Derived Fuel
• REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
• RECAP
• RECOUP
• REL Rear End Loader
• REMADE
• REPAC
• RFID Radio Frequency Identification
• RIA Regulatory Impact Assessment
• RID
• RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
• RGN
• RMA U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association
• RO Renewables Obligation
• ROC Renewables Obligation Certificates
• RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances
• RoRo /
• ROTATE
• RSA Recycled & Secondary Aggregate
• RSA Restoring Sustainable Abstraction
• RTAB
• RVM Reverse Vending Machine
• RWM Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition
• RWMO Radioactive Waste Management Organisation

S[]

• SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment
• SEI Sustainable Electronics Initiative
• SELCHP South East London Combined Heat and Power
• SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency
• SGV Soil Guideline Value
• SIG Special Interest Group of CIWM
• SLF
• SLWP South London Waste Partnership
• SMDSA
• SNIFFER
• SNRHW Stable Non-Reactive Hazardous Wastes
• SocEnv Society for the Environment
• SRB
• SRF Secondary Recovered Fuel or Solid or Specified
• SSWAT Site Specific Waste Analysis Tool
• STA Source Testing Association
• SWA
• SWAG
• SWCN
• SWDF
• SWDWP
• SWEN
• SWF (Scotland)
• SWM Sustainable Waste Management
• SWMA
• SWMP Site Waste Management Plan
• SWP or or

T[]

• TAC
• TAD Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion
• TCLP Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
• TAN (Wales)
• TEEP
• TEF Toxic Equivalent Factor
• TFS
• THP Thermal hydrolysis
• TLS Transfer Loading Station
• tpa tonnes per annum
• TRACS Tyre Recovery Activity Compliance Scheme (Ireland)
• TRAID Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development
• TRF Thermal Recovery Facility
• TRIF
• TT Thermal Treatment
• TUPE Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)

U[]

• UA Unitary Authority
• UASB Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion
• UBC Used Beverage Can
• UDP Unitary Development Plan
• UEL Upper Explosive Limit
• UEEE
• UKELA UK Environmental Law Association
• UKWIN
• UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
• UROC

V[]

• VCU Vertical Composting Units
• VLLW Very Low Level Waste
• VOC Volatile Organic Compound
• VRQ Vocationally Related Qualification

W[]

• WAC Waste Acceptance Criteria
• WAG Welsh Assembly Government
• WAMITAB
• WARRAG
• WCA Waste Collection Authority
• WDA Waste Disposal Authority
• WDF (web-based system for municipal waste data reporting by UK local authorities)
• WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• WET Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003
• WFD Waste Framework Directive
• WID Waste Incineration Directive
• WIP Waste Implementation Programme
• WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
• WISARD
• WLP
• WLWA West London Waste Authority
• WM2 Technical Guidance WM2 Hazardous Waste: Interpretation of the definition and classification of hazardous waste
• WMF
• WML Waste Management Licence (replaced by Environmental Permits)
• WMP
• WMPEG
• WMS
• WRAP Waste and Resources Action Programme
• WRATE
• WRG Waste Recycling Group
• WRWA Western Riverside Waste Authority
• WS2007 Waste Strategy for England 2007 (superseded by the Waste Management Plan for England (2013))
• WSA (e.g. 11 WSAs in Scotland)
• WtE Waste-to-Energy
• WTF Waste Transfer Facility
• WTN Waste Transfer Note

X[]

• XRF X-Ray Fluorescence (i.e. checking for the presence of metals in waste plastics)

Y[]

• YNYWMP

Z[]

• ZWS Zero Waste Scotland

See also[]

• Chartered Institution of Wastes Management

References[]

External links[]

• Waste management acronyms
• Waste on All Acronyms