| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACOR |
Australian Council of Recycling |
| AHRWMA |
Adelaide Hills Regional Waste Management Authority |
| ALGA |
Australian Local Government Association |
| ALOA |
Australian Landfill Owners Association |
| ASBG |
Australian Sustainable Business Group |
| ATRA |
Australian Tyre Recyclers Association |
| AWT facility |
Advanced waste treatment facility |
| BEPM |
Victorian Landfill Best Practice Environmental Management |
| C&D |
Construction and demolition |
| C&I |
Commercial and industrial |
| CDL |
Container deposit legislation |
| CDR |
Container deposit refund |
| CDS |
Container deposit scheme |
| CEFC |
Clean Energy Finance Corporation |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CoGC |
City of Gold Coast |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DWER |
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA) |
| EfW |
Energy from Waste |
| EOLTs |
End of life tyres |
| EPA |
Environment/al Protection Authority |
| EPHC |
Environment Protection and Heritage Council |
| EPR |
Extended producer responsibility |
| ERF |
Emissions Reduction Fund |
| LCA |
Law Council of Australia |
| LGAQ |
Local Government Association of Queensland |
| LGAT |
Local Government Association of Tasmania |
| LGNSW |
Local Government New South Wales |
| MRF |
Material recovery facility |
| MSW |
Municipal solid waste |
| NAWMA |
Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority |
| NEPC |
National Environment Protection Council |
| NEPM |
National Environment Protection Measure |
| NSROC |
Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils |
| NWRIC |
National Waste and Recycling Industry Council |
| RID Squad |
Hunter-Central Coast Regional Illegal Dumping Squad |
| SEQ |
South East Queensland |
| TSA |
Tyre Stewardship Australia |
| UNSW SMaRT |
University of New South Wales Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology |
| UNSW |
University of New South Wales |
| VWMA |
Victorian Waste Management Association |
| WALGA |
Western Australian Local Government Association |
| WARR |
Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery |
| WCRA |
Waste Contractors and Recyclers Association of New South Wales |
| WMAA |
Waste Management Association of Australia |