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This glossary of terms was compiled from a wide range of sources and covers some of the most commonly used waste-related words and abbreviations.
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Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
WRAP aims to create efficient markets for recycled materials while removing barriers to
waste minimisation
,
reuse
and
recycling
.
Waste Aware Scotland (WAS)
The WAS campaign aims to raise awareness of, and change public attitudes and behaviour towards Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. The campaign is delivered at a local level through a range of campaigning activities and in parallel with the implementation phase of the
National Waste Plan
for Scotland.
Waste Hierarchy
Reduce
,
Reuse
and
Recycle
, or the three R’s, which represent the order in which we should try to deal with waste before disposal. The Waste Hierarchy ranks waste management options in order of
sustainability
.
Waste Minimisation
The reduction of waste at source, by understanding and changing processes to reduce and prevent waste. Waste minimisation can also include the substitution of less environmentally harmful materials in the production process. Also called process or resource efficiency.
Waste Reduction
See
Waste Minimisation
Waste Strategy Area (WSA)
As part of the
National Waste Strategy
, Scotland’s thirty-two local authorities were divided into eleven Waste Strategy Areas. Each of these areas has produced an
Area Waste Plan
that outlines how it will develop more sustainable methods of waste management.
Waste Strategy Area Co-ordinator (WSAC)
Each
Watse Strategy Area
has a WSAC who is responsible for co-ordinating the work of the
Waste Strategy Area Group
.
Waste Strategy Area Group (WSAG)
The WSAGs for each of Scotland’s eleven
Waste Strategy Areas
have overall responsibility for implementing the local
Area Waste Plans
(AWPs) and meet regularly.
Waste Transfer Station
A plant where materials are sorted, separated, baled and sent on for recycling or disposal. Also called a
Materials Reclamation/Recovery Facility
.
WEEE
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
Windrow Composting
The method of
composting
that involves piling
organic waste
outside in long rows (windrows). Suited to producing large volumes of
compost
.
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