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  • Wastes

    Wastes, refuse, rubbish, garbage; collection and disposal of town wastes; urban hygiene.

    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    BASIAS

    Base de données des Anciens Sites Industriels et Activités de Service

    In French

    CoRWM
    Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

    The abbreviation CoRWM (Committee on Radioactive Waste Management) includes the abbreviation WM (Waste Management).

    In English

    DEEE
    Déchets des Équipements Électriques et Électroniques

    = WEEE | Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment | In English

    In French

    DTQD

    Déchets Toxiques en Quantités Dispersées

    In French

    FWWM
    Food, Water, and Waste Management

    The abbreviation FWWM (Food, Water, and Waste Management) includes the abbreviation WM (Waste Management).

    In English

    FWWMS
    Food, Water, and Waste Management Subsystem

    The abbreviation FWWMS (Food, Water, and Waste Management Subsystem) includes the abbreviation WM (Waste Management).

    In English

    HGW

    Heat Generating Waste

    In English

    HLLW

    High Level Liquid Waste

    In English

    ILLW

    Intermediate and Low Level Waste

    In English

    MMW

    Mining and Milling Waste

    In English

    MSW

    Municipal Solid Waste

    In English

    POLDEN

    Pollution, Déchets, Environnement

    In French

    PRAMED

    Programme Régional pour l’Air, la Maîtrise de l’Énergie et les Déchets

    In French

    RCRA

    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    In English

    SICTOM

    Syndicat Intercommunal de Collecte et de Traitement des Ordures Ménagères

    In French

    SIDOMPE

    Syndicat Intercommunal pour la Destruction des Ordures Ménagères et la Production d’Énergie

    In French

    STEP

    Solving the E-waste Problem

    In English

    SWD

    Solid Waste Division

    In English

    SYCTOM

    SYndicat interCommunal de Traitement des Ordures Ménagères de l’agglomération parisienne (https://www.syctom-paris.fr/)

    In French

    VLLW

    Very Low Level Waste

    In English

    WCS

    Waste Collection System

    In English

      WCS

      Waste Collector System

      In English

        WEEE
        Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

        = DEEE, WEEE (see above)

        In English

        WM
        Waste Management

        The abbreviation WM (Waste Management) is included in abbreviations such as CoRWM (Committee on Radioactive Waste Management), FWWM (Food, Water, and Waste Management), FWWMS (Food, Water, and Waste Management Subsystem), WWMS (Water Waste Management System), WMC (Waste Management Compartment) and WMS (Waste Management System).

        In English

          WMC
          Waste Management Compartment

          The abbreviation WMC (Waste Management Compartment) includes the abbreviation WM (Waste Management).

          In English

            WMS
            Waste Management System

            The abbreviation WMS (Waste Management System) is included in the abbreviation WWMS (Water Waste Management System), and it includes the abbreviation WM (Waste Management).

            In English

              WRAP

              Waste & Ressources Action Programme

              In English