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Anaerobic Digestion - A naturally occurring processes of anaerobic degradation is harnessed and contained in an anaerobic digester to perform waste disposal. This process can produce biogas that can be converted to heat and electricity.
BREW - Business Resource Efficiency & Waste Programme
Chip & Bin - The use of RFID chips implanted in refuse bins and recycling containers to increase the efficiency of waste collection data.
CIWM - The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
Defra - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Landfill - The most traditional form of waste disposal. Waste is disposed of in empty disused quarries, quarries or borrow pits.
MRF - Materials Recovery Facility (pronounced 'murf'). A specialised for separating and preparing recyclable materials for use by end-user manufacturers.
Incineration - The disposal of waste by combustion at high temperatures.
PrisymWM - PRISYM Waste Monitoring. Software for monitoring and analysing Refuse and Recycling collections. Configurable for local council policy and residential & commercial collections.
Recyclate - Recycled material used to form new products. The material has usually undergone some form of treatment.
Recycling - The mass collection and reuse of waste materials including paper, plastics and metals.
Resource Recovery - The process of extracting resources or value from waste. Recycling is a type of resource recovery.
Waste Management - The collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of waste materials.
Waste Monitoring - The collection and analysis of data from the Waste Management process.
WRAP - Waste & Resources Action Programme
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