Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Wastes

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

Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

ASR

Amsterdamse Stadsreiniging

In Dutch

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

FCRA

Fecal Collection Receptacle Assembly

In English

FCS

Fecal Containment System

In English

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

SIETREM

Syndicat mIxte pour l’Enlèvement et le Traitement des REsidus Ménagers

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