List of waste management acronyms

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

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
  • BIR Bureau of International Recycling
  • 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

D

E

F

G

H

I

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

N

O

P

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

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y
  • YNYWMP York and North Yorkshire Waste Management Partnership

Z

See also

References
  1. A to Z - Waste & Resources (CIWM) Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
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