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Acronyms and abbreviations
ABS Australian Bureau of
Statistics
AWD Australian Waste Database
AWT Alternative Waste Technology
CDL Container deposit legislation
CDS Container deposit system or
container deposit scheme
C&D Construction and demolition
C&I Commercial and industrial
CFL Compact fluorescent lamp
Covenant National Packaging Covenant
CO2-e Carbon dioxide
equivalent
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation
EPHC Environment Protection and Heritage
Council
Environment Department
of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Department
EPR Extended producer
responsibility
E-waste Obsolete electronic and
electrical products
GDP Gross domestic product
GHGE Greenhouse gas emissions
GST Goods and services tax
HDPE High Density Polyethylene
LATS Landfill Allowance Trading
Scheme
MRF Materials recovery facility
NEPC National Environment Protection
Council
NEPM National Environmental
Protection Measure
NWMRS National Waste Minimisation and
Recycling Strategy
OECD Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development
PET Polyethylene
terephthalate
Productivity Productivity Commission, Waste Management, Report no. 38, 2006
Commission report
RVM Reverse vending machine
TPR Tradeable property right
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