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Acronyms

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
WPEG	Waste Performance and Efficiency Grant

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