List of waste management acronyms

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

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