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Key Acronyms
Terms and abbreviations most frequently used. (A
full glossary of terms is presented in Annex 1).
AWP - Area Waste Plan
Each Group was charged with producing an Area Waste Plan for that respective
area, its aim is to provide a strategic plan for the waste arising in
that area based on National Waste Strategy: Scotland principles.
BMW - Biodegradable Municipal Waste
In the context of this plan, waste collected by local authorities that
is capable of undergoing anaerobic or aerobic decomposition, such as
food or garden waste and paper and cardboard, i.e. waste that rots.
This is generally accepted to be 60% of MSW.
BPEO - Best Practicable Environmental Option
The National Waste Strategy: Scotland 1999 defined the BPEO as the outcome
of a systematic and consultative decision-making procedure, which emphasises
the protection, and conservation of the environment across land, air
and water. The BPEO procedure establishes, for a given set of objectives,
the option that provides the most benefits or the least damage to the
environment as a whole, at acceptable cost, in the long term as well
as in the short term.
MSW - Municipal Solid Waste
In the context of this plan, MSW includes household and other waste
under the control of the local authorities or agents acting on their
behalf.
SWMBA - Strategic waste management baseline assessment
An assessment and description of existing waste management in an area.
Examines waste arisings; waste management facilities and capacities;
imports and exports of waste; existing contract arrangements and demographics
such as population and household numbers.
NEWSAG - North East Waste Strategy Area Group
A key component of the National Waste Strategy: Scotland was the establishment
of 11 Area Waste Groups across Scotland. The groups are charged with
making the National Strategy a reality at a local level, developing
local solutions in response to local needs. The North East Waste Strategy
Area Group consists of the following partners:
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Scottish Enterprise Grampian
- Scottish Enterprise Moray Badenoch and Strathspey.
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