# List of waste management acronyms

The following article contains a list of acronyms and initials used in the waste management industry.
* 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
* See also
* References

## A

* AATF Approved Authorised Treatment Facility
* ABPO Animal By-Products Order
* ABPR Animal By-Products Regulations
* ABS Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
* ACE Alliance of Beverage Cartons and the Environment
* ACL Approved Carriers List
* 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 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
* APC Air Pollution Control
* 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
* ASSURE Association for Sustainable Use and Recovery of Resources
* 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
* AWC Alternate Weekly Collections
* AWCS Automated Waste Collection System
* AWTT Alternative Waste Treatment Technologies
* AWP Area Waste Plan

## B

* 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
* 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 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
* 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
* BVPP Best Value Performance Plan

## C

* CA Civic amenity site
* 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
* 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) Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 1994
* CEC Commission of the European Communities
* CEMP Construction Environmental Management Plan
* CEN Comite Europeen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization)
* CEWEP Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants
* CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
* CfSH Code for Sustainable Homes
* CHEM Container Handling Equipment Manufacturers
* 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. C&I waste)
* 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 Contaminated Land: Application In Real Environments CLAIRE
* CLEA Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment
* CLO Compost-like output
* CLR Contaminated Land Register
* CNEA Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act
* COD Chemical oxygen demand or certificate of destruction
* COMAH Control of Major Accident Hazards
* COPA Control of Pollution Act
* 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
* CPA Comprehensive Performance Assessment
* 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
* CSER Corporate, social and environmental responsibilities
* CSR Corporate social responsibility
* CSTR Continuous stirred-tank reactor
* CV Calorific value
* CWMRE Creating Welsh Markets for Recyclates
* CWP Cheshire Waste Partnership
* CWR Controlled Waste Regulations

## D

* DAC Dense Asphaltic Concrete
* DBFO Design Build Finance and Operate
* DCF Designated Collection Facility
* 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 Dynamic Respiration Index
* DSD Duales System Deutschland
* DSO Direct Service Organisation
* DTI Department of Trade and Industry
* DTLR Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
* DTS Distributor Takeback Scheme
* DWP Dorset Waste Partnership

## E

* 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
* EfW Energy-from-Waste
* EGSB Expanded Granular Sludge Bed
* EHO Environmental health officer
* EHS Environment & Heritage Service (Northern Ireland)
* EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
* 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
* 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)
* 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 European Recovered Fuels Organisation
* ERI Energy Recovery Incineration
* ES Environmental Statement
* ESA Environmental Services Association
* ESWET European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology
* ETBC Electronics TakeBack Coalition
* ETRMA European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association
* ETS Emissions Trading Scheme
* 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

## F

* 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
* FORWARRD Forum for Waste and Resource Research and Development
* FPN Fixed Penalty Notice
* Frag Fragmentised Waste (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 HazWasteOnline (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 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
* 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 Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy
* JWA Joint Waste Authority

## K

* KAT Kerbside Assessment Tool

## L

* LA Local Authority
* 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
* LAWAS Local Authority Waste Arisings Survey
* LAWDC Local Authority Waste Disposal Company
* LCA Life Cycle Analysis/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
* LFD Landfill Directive
* LFG Landfill Gas
* LFT Landfill Tax
* LGA Local Government Association
* 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
* LOW List of Wastes
* LPSA Local Public Service Agreement
* LTCS Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
* LWaRB London Waste and Recycling Board

## M

* 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
* 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 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
* 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 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
* NGG New Generation Group (CIWM programme renamed New Member Network)
* NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
* NHHWF National Household Hazardous Waste Forum
* NIEA Northern Ireland Environment Agency
* NIMBY Not In My Back-Yard
* NISP National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
* 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 National Waste Minimisation & Recycling Fund
* NWP National Waste Plan or Norfolk Waste Partnership
* NWPA Nuclear Waste Policy Act
* NEST Nigerian Environmental Study Action Team

## O

* OBB Old Boxboard
* 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 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
* PAYT Pay As You Throw
* PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl
* 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
* PFI Private Finance Initiative
* PIU Performance and Innovation Unit
* PM Particulate Matter, airborne (e.g. PM 10 ~ particles under 10 micrometres)
* PP Polypropylene
* PP Proximity Principle
* PPC Pollution Prevention and Control Act
* 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 Producer Responsibility
* PRF Plastics Reclamation Facility
* 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 Rotary Aerobic Digestion
* RAG Recycling Advisory Group, Scotland
* RCE Regional Centre of Excellence
* 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 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
* 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
* RGN Regulatory Guidance Note
* RMA U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association
* RO Renewables Obligation
* ROC Renewables Obligation Certificates
* RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances
* 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
* SELCHP South East London Combined Heat and Power
* SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency
* SGV 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
* SRB Single Regeneration Budget
* 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
* TFS Transfrontier Shipment
* 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 Technology and Research Innovation Fund
* 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 Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment
* UKELA UK Environmental Law Association
* UKWIN United Kingdom Without Incineration
* UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
* UROC United Resource Operators Confederation

## 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 Waste Management Industry Training & Advisory Board
* WARRAG Waste And Resources Research Advisory Group
* WCA Waste Collection Authority
* WDA Waste Disposal Authority
* WDF WasteDataFlow (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 Waste Integrated Systems Assessment for Recovery and Disposal
* WLP Waste Local Plan
* WLWA West London Waste Authority
* 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
* WRWA Western Riverside Waste Authority
* 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
* 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 York and North Yorkshire Waste Management Partnership

## Z

* ZWS Zero Waste Scotland