9. Glossary

Standard

A standard is essentially an agreed way of doing something. Standards are the distilled wisdom of people with expertise in their field who know the needs of the organizations they represent, such as manufacturers, sellers, buyers, customers, trade associations, users or regulators.

Recycling

Any recovery operation by which waste, including organic waste, is reprocessed into substances, materials or products for its original function or for other purposes.

Treatment

Any recovery or disposal operation, including preparation prior to recovery or disposal

Sorting at source

Sorting prior to any collection operation, or prior to any recovery operation when this recovery operation is carried out on the waste production...