Managing and Transforming Waste Streams Tool: Terms and Definitions
Sectors
- C&D Projects: Construction and Demolition projects, e.g., buildings, roads, land clearing, disaster recovery
- Community: General public, cross-sector
- Government: Local public agencies
- ICI: Institutional, Commercial and Industrial (institutions refers to universities, faith-based organizations, non-profit agencies, etc.)
- Residential: Single-family households or multi-family households/units
Material or Product Groups
- C&D: Construction and Demolition materials or debris, e.g., asphalt, concrete, dimensional lumber, fiberboard, plywood, ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, asphalt shingles, cardboard, carpet
- Diapers: Disposable diapers
- Electronics: Electronic products nearing the end of their "useful life", e.g., computers, televisions, appliances, batteries, cell phones, etc.
- Hard to Handle: Large, bulky reusable and/or recyclable items, e.g., mattresses, couches, carpets, large appliances
- Hard to Recycle: Items that are recyclable but not generally accepted by most municipal recycling programs, e.g., electronics, furniture, appliances, certain plastics, bike tires and tubes, propane tanks, fire extinguishers
- HHW: Household Hazardous Waste
- Industrial Materials: e.g., coal combustion products, foundry sand, iron and steel slag, scrap tires
- Motor Oil: A lubricant used in internal combustion engines
- Organics: Food waste, yard waste, soiled paper, wood waste
- Paper, Plastics, Glass, Metals: Traditional recyclable materials that include many kinds of paper, plastics, glass, and metals
- Scrap Metal: Discarded metal suitable for reprocessing
- Textiles: A type of cloth or woven fabric
- Various: This term is used for measures that can encompass a wide variety of materials, including one or more material or product groups defined above.