List of Acronyms used in Waste Management

Whats an acronym its a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
We have put together this short list of acronyms.

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A

Acronym Definitions

ABPO Animal By-Products Order
ABPR Animal By-Products Regulations
ACL Approved Carriers List
ACOP Approved Code of Practice
AD Anaerobic Digestion
ADI Acceptable Daily Intake
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 Directive94/9/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
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

C

CA Civic Amenity
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
4 C’s Challenge, Compare, Consult, Compete
CBI Confederation of British Industry
CCL Climate Change Levy
CCT Compulsory Competitive Tendering
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
CHEM Container Handling Equipment Manufacturers
CHIP Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (CHIP 3 2002)
CHP Combined Heat and Power
CIO Consumer Information Obligation
CIPFA Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
CIWEM Chartered Institution of Water & Environmental Management
CIWM Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
CIWMB California Integrated Waste Management Board
CL:AIRE CLAIRE
CLEA Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment
CLR Contaminated Land Register
COD Chemical Oxygen Demand
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
COTC Certificate of Technical Competence
CPA Comprehensive Performance Assessment
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

DAC Dense Ashphaltic Concrete
DCF Designated Collection Facility
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DEL Delivering the Essentials of Life
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 for the Environment (Northern Ireland)
DRI Dynamic Respiration Index
DSO Direct Service Organisation
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
DTLR Department for Transport, Local Government & the Regions

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 Agency (US)
ES Environmental Statement
ESA Environmental Services Association
NIESA Northern Ireland ESA
WESA Welsh ESA
SESA 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
FOE Friends of the Earth
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
GMW Greater Manchester Waste,Ltd.
GMWDA Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority

H

HCRW Healthcare Risk Waste
HCW Healthcare Waste
HDPE High Density Polyethylene
HHW Household Hazardous Waste
HSC Health Safety Commission
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
ICE Institute of Civil Engineers
IMT Institute of Municipal Transport
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

J

JMWMs Joint Municipal Waste Management strategies

K

KAT Kerbside Assessment Tool

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
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
LEL Lower Explosive Limit
LGA Local Government Association
WLGA Welsh Local Government Association
LHIP Landfill and Hazardous Waste Implementation Programme
LTCS Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
LFD Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC)
LFG Landfill Gas
LOLER Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
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
MWDA Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority
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
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
NOF New Opportunities Fund
NVQ/SNVQ National 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

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
OMA Operator Monitoring Assessment
OPRA Operator Pollution Risk Appraisal

P

PAS Publicly Available Standard
PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl
PELVS Premature End of Life Vehicles
PERN Packaging Waste Export Recovery Note
PET Polyethylene Terephthalate
PFI Private Finance Initiative
PIU Performance and Innovation Unit
PM Particulate Matter(e.g. PM 10 ~ particles under 10 microns)
POM Prescription Only Medicine
PP Polypropylene
PP Proximity Principle
PPC Pollution Prevention and Control Act
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PPG Planning Policy Guidance
PPP Polluter-pays principle
PPS Planning Policy Statement
PR Producer Responsibility
PRN Packaging Recovery Note
PS Polystyrene
PSA Public Service Agreement
PUWER Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
PVC Polyvinyl chloride

Q

QMS Quality Management Systems
QUANGO Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation

R

RAG Recycling Advisory Group Scotland
RCE Regional Centre of Excellence
RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
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 1995
RGN Regulatory Guidance Note
RO Renewables Obligation
ROC Renewables Obligation Certificates
ROHS Restricting Of Hazardous Substances in product manufacture
RoRo Roll-on Roll-off, demountable container system
ROTATE Recycling and Organic Technology Advisory Team
RRIB Refined Renewable Biomass
RTAB Regional Technical Advisory Body

S

SE Scottish Executive
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
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
SWEN 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
UASB Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion
UBC Used Beverage Can
UDP Unitary Development Plan
UEL Upper Explosive Limit
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

V

VCU Vertical Composting Units
VM Value Management
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
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
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
WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
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)