| 3Rs |
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle |
| ABPR |
Animal By-Products Regulation |
| AD |
Anaerobic Digestion |
| ALCO |
Association of London Cleansing Officers |
| ALG |
Association of London Government |
| AWC |
Alternate Weekly Collection |
| BMW |
Biodegradable Municipal Waste |
| BPEO |
Best Practicable Environmental Option |
| BPPO |
Best Practicable Planning Option |
| BREW |
Business Resource Efficiency & Waste Programme |
| BVPI |
Best Value Performance Indicator |
| C&D |
Construction and Demolition waste |
| C&I |
Commercial and Industrial waste |
| CA |
Civic Amenity site, now called Reuse and Recycling Centre |
| CFC |
Chlorofluorocarbons |
| CHP |
Combined Heat and Power |
| CIWM |
Chartered Institute of Wastes Management |
| CPA |
Comprehensive Performance Assessment |
| CPTED |
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design |
| CRED |
Community Recycling and Economic Development - The CRED Programme |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
| DCF |
Dedicated Collection Facility |
| DEFRA |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| DTI |
Department of Trade and Industry |
| DVC |
Direct and Variable Charging |
| DTS |
Distributor Take Back Scheme |
| EA |
Environment Agency |
| EEE |
Electronic and Electrical Appliances |
| EfW |
Energy from Waste |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ELV |
End of Life Vehicle |
| ELWA |
East London Waste Authority |
| EMS |
Environmental Management System |
| ENCAMS |
Environment Campaigns (formerly the Tidy Britain Group) |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Act 1990 |
| EPS |
Expanded Polystyrene |
| ESA |
Environmental Services Association |
| ETBPP |
Environmental Technology Best Practice Programme |
| EU |
European Union |
| FSC |
Forest Stewardship Council |
| FEL |
Frount End Loader |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GLA |
Greater London Authority |
| GLC |
Greater London Council |
| HDPE |
High Density Polyethylene |
| HHW |
Household Hazardous Waste |
| HHWCDS |
Household Hazardous Waste Collection and Disposal Service |
| HWD |
Hazardous Waste Directive |
| ICE |
Institute of Civil Engineers |
| IDeA |
Improvement and Development Agency |
| IPPC |
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control |
| INCPEN |
The Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment |
| IVC |
In-Vessel Composting |
| LARAC |
Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee |
| LATS |
Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme |
| LCA |
Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment |
| LDA |
London Development Agency |
| LDPE |
Low Density Polyethylene |
| LGA |
Local Government Association |
| LROG |
London Recycling Officers Group |
| LRF |
London Recycling Fund |
| LTCS |
Landfill Tax Credit Scheme |
| LWA |
London Waste Action |
| MGB |
Mobile Garbage Bins |
| MBT |
Mechanical Biological Treatment |
| MME |
Mechanised Metal Extraction |
| MPG |
Mineral Planning Guidance Notes |
| MRF |
Materials Reclamation Facility |
| MSW |
Municipal Solid Waste |
| NAWDO |
National Association of Waste Disposal Officers |
| NFFO |
Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation |
| NGO |
Non Governmental Organisation |
| NISP |
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme |
| NLWA |
North London Waste Authority |
| ODPM |
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
| ODS |
Ozone Depleting Substance |
| ONS |
Office of National Statistics |
| PAMs |
Periodicals and Magazines |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PERN |
Packaging Export Recovery Note |
| PET |
Polyethylene Teraphthalate |
| PFI |
Private Finance Initiative |
| PP |
Polypropylene |
| PPP |
Public Private Partnership |
| PPR |
Public Place Recycling |
| PPG |
Planning Policy Guidance |
| PPS |
Planning Policy Statement |
| PRN |
Packaging Recovery Note |
| PS |
Polystyrene |
| PSA |
Public Service Agreement |
| PVC |
Polyvinyl Chloride |
| QUANGO |
Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation |
| RCV |
Refuse Collection Vehicle |
| RDA |
Regional Development Agency |
| RDF |
Refuse Derived Fuel |
| REL |
Rear End Loader |
| REMADE |
REcycled, MArket DEvelopment |
| ROC |
Renewables Obligation Certificates |
| ROHS |
Restriction on use of Hazardous Substances in electrical equipment |
| ROTATE |
Recycling and Organic Technical Advisory Team |
| RTAB |
Regional Technical Advisory Board |
| RRC |
Reuse and Recycling Centre |
| SEA |
Strategic Environmental Assessment |
| SELCHP |
South East London Combined Heat and Power station |
| SEPA |
Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
| SRB |
Single Regeneration Budget |
| TAD |
Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion |
| TfL |
Transport for London |
| TRAID |
Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development |
| UA |
Unitary Authority (acting as a Waste disposal and collection authority) |
| UDP |
Unitary Development Plan |
| UGRS |
Underground Refuse System |
| WCA |
Waste Collection Authority |
| WDA |
Waste Disposal Authority |
| WDF |
Waste Data Flow |
| WEEE |
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment |
| WET |
Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 |
| WIN |
Waste Information Network |
| WISARD |
Waste Integrated Systems Assessment for Recovery and Disposal |
| WLWA |
West London Waste Authority |
| WRAP |
Waste Resources Action Programme |
| WRWA |
Western Riverside Waste Authority
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| WPEG |
Waste Performance and Efficiency Grant |