A

• ABPO Animal By-Products Order 1999 - Rplcd by (Amendment) (England) Order 2001
• ABPR Animal By-Products Regulations
  Animal By-Products Regulations
  The Animal By-Products Regulations allows for the treatment of some animal by-products in composting and biogas plants...
  
  
• ACL Approved Carriers List
• ACOP Approved Code of Practice
• AD Anaerobic Digestion
  Anaerobic digestion
  Anaerobic digestion is a series of processes in which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen. It is used for industrial or domestic purposes to manage waste and/or to release energy....
  
  
• ADI Acceptable Daily Intake
  Acceptable daily intake
  Acceptable daily intake or ADI is a measure of the amount of a specific substance in food or drinking water that can be ingested on a daily basis over a lifetime without an appreciable health risk...
  
  
• 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 controlAir Pollution Control
• APSWG Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Waste Management Group
• AR Accredited Reprocessor
• ARM Alternative Raw Material
• ASBO Anti Social Behaviour Order
• 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

• BANANA Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
• BAT (NEEC) Best Available Technique (Not Entailing Excessive Costs)
• BATRRT Best Available Treatment Recycling and Recovery Technology
• BFR Brominated Flame Retardants
• BMW Biodegradable Municipal Waste
• BOD Biological Oxygen Demand
• BOO Build Own Operate
• BOT Build Operate Transfer
• BPEO Best Practicable Environmental Option
  Best practicable environmental option
  The Best Practicable Environmental Option , is a set of procedures adopted by Great Britain with the goal of managing waste and other environmental concerns. According to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, BPEO "emphasises the protection and conservation of the environment across...
  
   (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
    BSI PAS 100
    The British Composting Association worked to establish an industry standard for composts, the BSI PAS 100 certified by the British Standards Institution. The specification covers the entire process; from raw materials and production methods, through quality control and lab testing ensuring...
    
     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

• CA Civic Amenity Site
  Civic amenity site
  A civic amenity site or household waste recycling centre is a facility where the public can dispose of household waste and also often containing recycling points. Civic amenity sites are run by the local authority in a given area. Collection points for recyclable waste such as green waste,...
  
   (see HWRC)
• CAFÉ Clean Air For Europe programme
• CATNAP Cheapest Available Technology Narrowly Avoiding Prosecution
• CATNIP Cheapest Available Technology Not Involving Prosecution
• CAVE People
  CAVE People
  CAVE People is a pejorative acronym for citizen activists who regularly oppose any changes within a community...
  
   Citizens Against Virtually Everything
• 4 C’s Challenge, Compare, Consult, Compete
• CBI Confederation of British Industry
  Confederation of British Industry
  The Confederation of British Industry is a British not for profit organisation incorporated by Royal charter which promotes the interests of its members, some 200,000 British businesses, a figure which includes some 80% of FTSE 100 companies and around 50% of FTSE 350 companies.-Role:The CBI works...
  
  
• CCL Climate Change Levy
  Climate Change Levy
  The Climate Change Levy is a tax on energy delivered to non-domestic users in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to provide an incentive to increase energy efficiency and to reduce carbon emissions, however there have been ongoing calls to replace it with a proper carbon tax.-Scope and...
  
  
• CCT Compulsory Competitive Tendering
• C&D Construction
  Construction
  In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
  
   & Demolition
  Demolition
  Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use....
  
   (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
• CEN Comite Europeen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardisation)
• CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
  Chlorofluorocarbon
  A chlorofluorocarbon is an organic compound that contains carbon, chlorine, and fluorine, produced as a volatile derivative of methane and ethane. A common subclass are the hydrochlorofluorocarbons , which contain hydrogen, as well. They are also commonly known by the DuPont trade name Freon...
  
  
• CHEM Container Handling Equipment Manufacturers
• CHIP Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (CHIP 3 2002)
• CHP Combined Heat and Power
  Combined Heat and Power
  Combined Heat and Power may refer to:* Cogeneration* Combined Heat and Power Solar...
  
  
• CIO Consumer Information Obligation
• CIPFA Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
  Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
  The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy is a professional institute for accountants working in the public services.CIPFA has 14,000 members who work throughout the public services, in national audit agencies, in major accountancy firms, and in other bodies where public money...
  
  
• CIWEM Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
  Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
  The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management is an independent professional body and a registered charity, advancing the science and practice of water and environmental management for a clean, green and sustainable world....
  
  
• CIWM Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
• CIWMB California Integrated Waste Management Board
  California Integrated Waste Management Board
  The California Integrated Waste Management Board was a state agency of California dealing with the recycling and waste reduction. The CIWMB was created by California Assembly Bill 939 which became law in 1989. It was abolished as of January 1, 2010...
  
  
• CL:AIRE Contaminated Land: Application In Real Environments CLAIRE
• CLEA Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment
• CLR Contaminated Land Register
• COD Chemical Oxygen Demand
  Chemical oxygen demand
  In environmental chemistry, the chemical oxygen demand test is commonly used to indirectly measure the amount of organic compounds in water. Most applications of COD determine the amount of organic pollutants found in surface water or wastewater, making COD a useful measure of water quality...
  
  
• COMAH Control of Major Accident Hazards Regs 1999 (Repl. CIMAH 1984 Regs)
• 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)
• COSLA Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
  Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
  The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities is the representative association of Scottish local government and is the employers’ association on behalf of all Scottish councils...
  
  
• COTC Certificate of Technical Competence
• CPA Comprehensive Performance Assessment
  Comprehensive Performance Assessment
  In the UK the Comprehensive Performance Assessment , conducted by the Audit Commission, assessed the performance of every local authority and the services that they provide for local people.The Audit Commission first introduced CPA in 2002...
  
  
• CRN(S) Community Recycling Network(Scotland)
• CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
  Corporate social responsibility
  Corporate social responsibility is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model...
  
  
• CV Calorific Value
• CWMRE Creating Welsh Markets for Recyclates
• CWR Controlled Waste Regulations (1992)

D

• DAC Dense Ashphaltic Concrete
• DCF Designated Collection Facility
• DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom...
  
  
• DEL Delivering the Essentials of Life
• DGSA Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor
  Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor
  A Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor is a consultant or an owner or employee of an organization appointed by an organization that transports, loads, or unloads dangerous goods in the European Union.-Rules:...
  
  
• DGXI Directorate General of the European Commission responsible for the Environment
• DOC Duty of Care
  Duty of care
  In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others. It is the first element that must be established to proceed with an action in negligence. The claimant...
  
   - (Environmental Protection (DOC) Regs 1991 and (England) (Amendment) Regs 2003)
• DOENI Department for the Environment (Northern Ireland)
• DRI Dynamic Respiration Index
• DSO Direct Service Organisation
• DTI Department of Trade and Industry
  Department of Trade and Industry
  The Department of Trade and Industry was a United Kingdom government department which was replaced with the announcement of the creation of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on 28 June 2007.-History:The...
  
  
• DTLR Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

E

• EA Environment Agency
  Environment Agency
  The Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
  
  
• EB Environmental Body
• EEA European Environment Agency
  European Environment Agency
  European Environment Agency is an agency of the European Union. Its task is to provide sound, independent information on the environment. It is a major information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public...
  
  
• EFW Energy-from-Waste
• EHO Environmental Health Officer
  Environmental health officer
  Environmental health officers are usually employed by local government or state health authorities to advise on and enforce public health standards...
  
  
• EHS Environment & Heritage Service (Northern Ireland)
• EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
  Environmental impact assessment
  An environmental impact assessment is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impact that a proposed project may have on the environment, together consisting of the natural, social and economic aspects....
  
  
• EIC Environmental Industries Commission
• EIR Environmental Information Regulations
  Environmental Information Regulations
  The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 is a UK Statutory Instrument that provides a statutory right of access to environmental information held by UK public authorities. The regulations came into force on 1 January 2005...
  
   2004 (SI 2004/3391)
• ELV End of Life Vehicles (Directive 2000/53/EC) (Regs 2003)
• EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
  Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
  The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme is a voluntary environmental management instrument, which was developed in 1993 by the European Commission. It enables organisations to assess, manage and continuously improve their environmental performance. The scheme is globally applicable and open to all...
  
  
• EMS Environmental Management System
  Environmental Management System
  Environmental management system refers to the management of an organization's environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and documented manner....
  
  
• 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
  Environmental Protection Act
  The Environmental Protection Act 1990 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 emissions into the environment.Part I establishes a general regime by which the...
  
   (1990) / Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• ES Environmental Statement
• ESA (NIESA,WESA, SESA) Environmental Services Association
  Environmental Services Association
  The Environmental Services Association is a professional organisation in the UK representing the UK's waste and secondary resources industry...
  
  (Northern Ireland ESA, Welsh ESA, Scottish ESA)
• ETSU Energy Technology Support Unit
• EUHWL EU Hazardous Waste List ( now incorp into EWC)
• EWC European Waste Catalogue

F

• FAPP Fit And Proper Person
• FEL Front end loader
  Front End Loader
  Front End Loader is an Australian rock band consisting of Davis Claymore , Bowden Campbell , Richard Corey , and Peter Kostic . Peter also drums for Regurgitator and The Hard-Ons.-History:...
  
  
• FOE Friends of the Earth
  Friends of the Earth
  Friends of the Earth International is an international network of environmental organizations in 76 countries.FOEI is assisted by a small secretariat which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns...
  
  
• FORWARRD Forum for Waste and Resource Research and Development
• Frag Fragmentised Waste (from the motor trade industry)

G

• GIS Geographical Information System
• GLA Greater London Authority
  Greater London Authority
  The Greater London Authority is the top-tier administrative body for Greater London, England. It consists of a directly elected executive Mayor of London, currently Boris Johnson, and an elected 25-member London Assembly with scrutiny powers...
  
  
• GMW Greater Manchester Waste, Ltd.
• GMWDA Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority
  Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority
  The Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority is a waste disposal authority created under the Local Government Act 1985 to carry out the waste management functions and duties of the Greater Manchester County Council after its abolition in 1986....
  
  

H

• HCRW Healthcare Risk Waste
• HCW Healthcare Waste
• HDPE High Density Polyethylene
  High density polyethylene
  High-density polyethylene or polyethylene high-density is a polyethylene thermoplastic made from petroleum. It takes 1.75 kilograms of petroleum to make one kilogram of HDPE...
  
  
• HHW Household Hazardous Waste
  Household Hazardous Waste
  Household hazardous waste , sometimes called retail hazardous waste, is post-consumer waste which qualifies as hazardous waste when discarded. It includes household chemicals and other substances for which the owner no longer has a use, such as consumer products sold for home care, personal care,...
  
  
• HSC Health and Safety Commission
  Health and Safety Commission
  The Health and Safety Commission , was a United Kingdom non-departmental public body. The HSC was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 . The Commission consisted of a chairman and between six and nine other people, appointed by the appropriate Secretary of State, latterly the...
  
  
• HSE Health & Safety Executive
• HSWA Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
• 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
  Incinerator bottom ash
  Incinerator bottom ash is a form of ash produced in incineration facilities. This material is discharged from the moving grate of municipal solid waste incinerators. Following combustion the ash typically has a small amount of ferrous metals contained within it. This ash can be processed to...
  
  
• ICE Institute of Civil Engineers
• IMT Institute of Municipal Transport
• IPC Integrated Pollution Control
• IPP Integrated Product Policy
• IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
  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 the same subject matter; both are commonly...
  
  
• ISWA International Solid Waste Association
  International Solid Waste Association
  The International Solid Waste Association 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 sustainable development.ISWA's objective is the worldwide...
  
  
• IVC In-vessel Composting
  In-vessel composting
  In-vessel composting is an industrial form of composting biodegradable waste that occurs in enclosed reactors. These generally consist of metal tanks or concrete bunkers in which air flow and temperature can be controlled, using the principles of a "bioreactor"...
  
  
• IWM Integrated Waste Management/Institute of Wastes Management pre Charter

L

• LA Local Authority
• 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
  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 sent to landfill.-How does it work?:...
  
  
• 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)
• LDPE Low Density Polyethylene
  Low density polyethylene
  Low-density polyethylene is a thermoplastic made from petroleum. It was the first grade of polyethylene, produced in 1933 by Imperial Chemical Industries using a high pressure process via free radical polymerization. Its manufacture employs the same method today. LDPE is commonly recycled and has...
  
  
• LEL Lower Explosive Limit
• LGA, WLGA Local Government Association
  Local Government Association
  The Local Government Association is a voluntary lobbying organisation acting as the voice of the local government sector in England and Wales, which seeks to be an authoritative and effective advocate on its behalf....
  
  , Welsh LGA
• LHIP Landfill and Hazardous Waste Implementation Programme
• LTCS Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
  Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
  The Landfill Tax Credit Scheme is a scheme for the distribution of funds generated from Landfill Tax in the UK. The LTCS was designed to help mitigate the effects of landfill upon local communities. It encourages partnerships between landfill operators, their local communities and the voluntary...
  
  
• LFD Landfill Directive
  Landfill Directive
  The Landfill Directive, more formally Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste, is a European Union directive issued by the European Union to be implemented by its member states....
  
   (1999/31/EC)
• LFG Landfill Gas
  Landfill gas
  Landfill gas is a complex mix of different gases created by the action of microorganisms within a landfill.-Production:Landfill gas production results from chemical reactions and microbes acting upon the waste as the putrescible materials begins to break down in the landfill...
  
  
• LOLER Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
• LPSA Local Public Service Agreement

M

• MAC Maximum Allowable Concentration
• MBT Mechanical Biological Treatment
  Mechanical biological treatment
  A mechanical biological treatment system is a type of waste processing facility that combines a sorting facility with a form of biological treatment such as composting or anaerobic digestion...
  
   (systems)
• MCERTS Monitoring Certification Scheme
  Monitoring Certification Scheme
  MCERTS is the UK Environment Agency's Monitoring Certification Scheme. It provides the framework for businesses to meet quality requirements. Compliance with MCERTS gives the EA confidence in the monitoring of emissions to the environment...
  
  
• MCDA Multi Criteria Decision Analysis
  Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
  Multiple-criteria decision-making or multiple-criteria decision analysis is a sub-discipline of operations research that explicitly considers multiple criteria in decision-making environments. Whether in our daily lives or in professional settings, there are typically multiple conflicting criteria...
  
  
• 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
  Materials recovery facility
  A materials recovery facility or materials reclamation facility or materials recycling facility is a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end-user manufacturers...
  
   (or Recycling or Factory)
• MSW Municipal Solid Waste
  Municipal solid waste
  Municipal solid waste , commonly known as trash or garbage , refuse or rubbish is a waste type consisting of everyday items we consume and discard. It predominantly includes food wastes, yard wastes, containers and product packaging, and other miscellaneous inorganic wastes from residential,...
  
  
• MWDA Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority
  Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority
  Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority is a statutory Waste Disposal Authority that manages the municipal solid waste produced in Merseyside, England. MWDA was established in 1986 following the abolition of Merseyside County Council, to undertake the waste disposal for local authorities across...
  
  
• MWMS Municipal Waste Management Strategy

N

• NAWDO National Association of Waste Disposal Officers
• NCAS National Compliance Assessment Service
• NCH National Clearing House
• NELVS Natural End of Life Vehicles
• NFFO Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation
  Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation
  The Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation 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...
  
  
• NGG New Generation Group (CIWM in-house)
• NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
• NHHWF National Household Hazardous Waste Forum
• NIMBY ‘Not In My Back-Yard’
• NISP National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
  National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
  National Industrial Symbiosis Programme is a free innovative business opportunity programme delivering triple bottom line, environmental, economic and social benefits across the UK. As a holistic program, NISP impacts across the entire resource hierarchy, delivering industrial CO2 reductions by...
  
  
• NOF New Opportunities Fund
• NVQ / SNVQ National Vocational Qualification
  National Vocational Qualification
  National Vocational Qualifications are work based awards in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that are achieved through assessment and training. In Scotland they are known as Scottish Vocational Qualification ....
  
   (or Scottish)
• NWAI National Waste Awareness Initiative
• NWMRF National Waste Minimisation & Recycling Fund
• NWP National Waste Plan (Scotland)
• NWPA Nuclear Waste Policy Act
  Nuclear Waste Policy Act
  During the first 40 years that nuclear waste was being created in the United States, no legislation was enacted to manage its disposal. Nuclear waste, some of which remains dangerously radioactive with a half-life of more than one million years, was kept in various types of temporary storage...
  
  

O

• ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
• ODS Ozone Depleting Substance (e.g. refrigerants)
• OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OJEU Official Journal of the European Union
  Official Journal of the European Union
  The Official Journal of the European Union is the official gazette of record for the European Union . It is published every working day in all of the official languages of the member states. Only legal acts published in the Official Journal are binding.It was first published on 30 December 1952 as...
  
  
• OMA Operator Monitoring Assessment
• OPRA Operator Pollution Risk Appraisal

P

• PAS Publicly Available Standard
• PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl
  Polychlorinated biphenyl
  Polychlorinated biphenyls are a class of organic compounds with 2 to 10 chlorine atoms attached to biphenyl, which is a molecule composed of two benzene rings. The chemical formula for PCBs is C12H10-xClx...
  
   (s)
• PELVS Premature End of Life Vehicles
• PERN Packaging Waste Export Recovery Note
• PET Polyethylene Terephthalate
  Polyethylene terephthalate
  Polyethylene terephthalate , commonly abbreviated PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P, is a thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in synthetic fibers; beverage, food and other liquid containers; thermoforming applications; and engineering resins often in combination...
  
  
• PFI Private Finance Initiative
  Private Finance Initiative
  The private finance initiative is a way of creating "public–private partnerships" by funding public infrastructure projects with private capital...
  
  
• PIU Performance and Innovation Unit
• PM Particulate Matter (e.g. PM 10 ~ particles under 10 micrometres)
• POM / s Prescription Only Medicine / s
• PP Polypropylene
  Polypropylene
  Polypropylene , also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications including packaging, textiles , stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes...
  
  
• PP Proximity Principle
  Proximity principle
  - Waste Management :The proximity principle advocates that waste should be disposed of close to the point at which it is generated, thus aiming to achieve responsible self-sufficiency at a regional/or sub regional level...
  
  
• PPC Pollution Prevention and Control Act (1999) (Regulations 2000) beware many amendments after 2000
• PPE Personal Protective Equipment
  Personal protective equipment
  Personal protective equipment refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garment or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury by blunt impacts, electrical hazards, heat, chemicals, and infection, for job-related occupational safety and health purposes, and in...
  
  
• 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
  Packaging Recovery Note
  Packaging Recovery Notes / PRNs are a type of document that provides evidence waste packaging material has been recycled into a new product.Commonly referred to as PRNs, Packaging Recovery Notes, form a key part of the Producer Responsibility Obligations Regulations 2007 which covers Great...
  
  
• PS Polystyrene
  Polystyrene
  Polystyrene ) also known as Thermocole, abbreviated following ISO Standard PS, is an aromatic polymer made from the monomer styrene, a liquid hydrocarbon that is manufactured from petroleum by the chemical industry...
  
  
• PSA Public Service Agreement
  Public service agreement
  Public service agreements detail the aims and objectives of UK government departments for a three-year period. Such agreements also "describe how targets will be achieved and how performance against these targets will be measured"...
  
  
• PUWER Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
• PVC Polyvinyl chloride
  Polyvinyl chloride
  Polyvinyl chloride, commonly abbreviated PVC, is a thermoplastic polymer. It is a vinyl polymer constructed of repeating vinyl groups having one hydrogen replaced by chloride. Polyvinyl chloride is the third most widely produced plastic, after polyethylene and polypropylene. PVC is widely used in...
  
  

R

• RAG Recycling Advisory Group, Scotland
• RCE Regional Centre of Excellence
• RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
  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...
  
  
• RCV Refuse Collection Vehicle
• RDA Regional Development Agencies
• RDF Refuse Derived Fuel
• RECOUP Recycling Of Used Plastics
• REL Rear End Loader
• REMADE Recycled Market Development
• REPAC Regional Environmental Protection Advisory Committee
• RFID Radio Frequency Identification tags
• RIA Regulatory Impact Assessment
• RID Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail
• RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
  Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
  The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995, often known by the acronym RIDDOR is a 1995 Statutory Instrument of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
  
   1995
• RGN Regulatory Guidance Note
• RO Renewables Obligation
  Renewables Obligation
  The Renewables Obligation 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 in Scotland in April 2002 and in Northern Ireland in April 2005, replacing the Non-Fossil Fuel...
  
  
• 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
  Biomass
  Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....
  
  
• RTAB Regional Technical Advisory Body

S

• SE Scottish Executive
  Scottish Executive
  The Scottish Government is the executive arm of the devolved government of Scotland. It was established in 1999 as the Scottish Executive, from the extant Scottish Office, and the term Scottish Executive remains its legal name under the Scotland Act 1998...
  
  
• SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment
  Strategic Environmental Assessment
  Strategic environmental assessment is a system of incorporating environmental considerations into policies, plans, and programmes. It is sometimes referred to as strategic environmental impact assessment. The specific term strategic environmental assessment relates to European Union policy...
  
  
• SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency
  Scottish Environment Protection Agency
  The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is Scotland’s environmental regulator. Its main role is to protect and improve Scotland's environment...
  
  
• SGV Soil Guideline Value
• SIG Special Interest Group
  Special Interest Group
  A Special Interest Group is a community with an interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or technology where members cooperate to effect or to produce solutions within their particular field, and may communicate, meet, and organize conferences...
  
   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
  Society for the Environment
  The Society for the Environment is an umbrella body that can license its member institutions to confer chartered status on sustainability and environmental professionals worldwide...
  
  
• SRB Single Regeneration Budget
• SRI Static Respiration Index
• SSA Standard Spending Assessment
• SSC Sector Skills Council
• SWA Solid Waste Analysis
• SWAG Scottish Waste Advisory Group
• SWDF Solid Waste Disposal Facilities
• SWENs Special Waste Explanatory Notes
• SWF Strategic Waste Fund (Scotland)
• SWM Sustainable Waste Management
• SWMA Strategic Waste Management Assessment

T

• TAC Technical Adaptation Committee
• TCLP Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure
• TAN Technical Advice Note (Wales)
• TEF Toxic equivalent factor
• TFS Trans Frontier Shipment
• tpa tonnes per annum
• TRIF Technology and Research Innovation Fund

U

• UA Unitary Authority
  Unitary authority
  A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
  
  
• UASB Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion
  Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion
  Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket technology, normally referred to as UASB reactor, is a form of anaerobic digester that is used in the treatment of wastewater....
  
  
• UBC Used Beverage Can
• UDP Unitary Development Plan
  Unitary Development Plan
  In United Kingdom planning law, a unitary development plan is an old-style development plan prepared by a metropolitan district and some unitary local authorities that contains policies equivalent to those in both a structure plan and a local plan...
  
  
• UEL Upper Explosive Limit
• UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
  United Nations Environment Programme
  The United Nations Environment Programme coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices. It was founded as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972 and has its...
  
  

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• VCU Vertical Composting Units
• VM Value Management
• VOC Volatile Organic Compound
  Volatile organic compound
  Volatile organic compounds are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary, room-temperature conditions. Their high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point, which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or sublimate from the liquid or solid form of the compound and...
  
  
• VRQ Vocationally Related Qualification

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• WAC Waste Acceptance Criteria/Waste Awareness Certificate
• WAG Welsh Assembly Government
  Welsh Assembly Government
  The Welsh Government is the devolved government of Wales. It is accountable to the National Assembly for Wales, the legislature which represents the interests of the people of Wales and makes laws for Wales...
  
  
• WAMITAB Waste Management Industry Training & Advisory Board
  Waste Management Industry Training & Advisory Board
  The Waste Management Industry Training & Advisor Board is a company and registered charity in the UK that is tasked with supporting training & technical competence in the waste management industry...
  
  
• WARRAG Waste And Resources Research Advisory Group
• WCA Waste Collection Authority
  Waste collection authority
  A waste collection authority 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 businesses . The WCA passes on the waste to the waste disposal...
  
  
• WDA Waste Disposal Authority
  Waste disposal authority
  Waste disposal authorities were established in the UK 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 which is collected by local councils. In the case of unitary...
  
  
• WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive
  Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive
  The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive is the European Community directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment which, together with the RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC, became European Law in February 2003, setting collection, recycling and recovery targets for all...
  
   (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
  Waste framework directive
  The Waste Framework Directive is an European Union Directive of 17 June 2008 . The first Waste Framework Directive dates back to 1975 and was substantially amended in 1991.The aim of the WFD was to lay the basis to turn the EU into a recycling society....
  
   75/442/EEC
• WID Waste Incineration Directive
  Waste Incineration Directive
  The Waste Incineration Directive, more formally Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste , is a Directive issued by the European Union and relates to standards and methodologies required by Europe for the practice and...
  
   (2000/76/EC)
• WIP Waste Implementation Programme
  Waste Implementation Programme
  The Waste Implementation Programme is the UK Government's response to the package of strategic measures recommended by the Strategy Unit "Waste Not, Want Not" report published in 2002...
  
  
• WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is the world's third deep geological repository licensed to permanently dispose of transuranic radioactive waste for 10,000 years that is left from the research and production of nuclear weapons...
  
  
• 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)