Definitions and glossary

On this page a list of the commonest used terms used in the field of waste management in general is provided. The definitions are to the possible extent based on legal definitions provided in EU legislation or by international institutions.

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Basic waste definitions	Waste prevention and management	Material Flows
Competent authorities End-of-life vehicles European Waste Catalogue (EWC) Hazardous waste Household waste List of Waste Municipal waste Non-hazardous waste NUTS codes Packaging waste Waste Waste management instruments Waste management plans Waste oil Waste Statistical Nomenclature (EWC-Stat)	Best available techniques (BAT) Cleaner production Composting Disposal (D-codes) Energy recovery Feedstock recycling Incineration Mechanical recycling Organic recycling Recovery (R-codes) Recycling Re-use Waste management Waste minimisation Waste prevention Waste treatment	Total material requirement (TMR) Direct material input (DMI) Domestic material consumption (DMC)
Sustainable consumption and production	Policy effectiveness	Sustainable management of natural resources
Consumption Johannesburg framework Life-cycle management Lifestyles Software – Hardware approach Sustainable consumption Sustainable development Sustainable lifestyles Rebound effect SCP strategy SCP-related Eco-labelling Product service systems	Administrative policy instruments Attributable Choice editing Demand side business initiatives Economic instrument Economic policy instruments Environmental policy Environmental policy instrument Environmental pricing reform Environmental tax Green marketing/ Environmental Marketing/ Ecological Marketing. Green private procurement Green procurement/sustainable procurement/environmentally friendly procurement Green public procurement Informational policy instruments Innovation system approaches (IS) Market-based instruments/economic policy instruments/price-based policy instruments Policy instruments Social labelling Supply side business initiatives System innovation approaches (SI) Systemic approaches White spots	Absolute decoupling Decoupling Relative decoupling
Life cycle assessment

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Definitions and glossary