National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 24161:2024. It is identical to ISO 24161:2022. It supersedes BS ISO 24161:2022, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AUE/13, Commercial and public service vehicles.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 October 2022.

Foreword

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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 297, Waste collection and transportation management.

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

Introduction

0.1 General

With global waste generation on the rise, municipalities must consider more efficient waste collection and transportation management, including the interoperability and safe use of equipment or technologies.

Hence, it is important to agree on a set of harmonized terms and definitions to provide a common basis for communication and information exchange on waste collection and transportation management. This will help to minimize ambiguity, confusion and misunderstanding of terms used in the waste management industry.

This document enables users to understand the scope of the work of ISO/TC 297 and is the source document for the terms and definitions of ISO/TC 297. Where a term and definition are required in a single document, the term and definition will be referenced in that document.

These terms and definitions will serve as the basis for a common language for regulations, standards, academia, research and training in the waste management industry.

0.2 Vocabulary structure

The arrangement of terms and definitions in this document is based upon terms corresponding to “waste management” and “collection and transportation” in the waste collection and transportation management field. The organization of terms is illustrated in Figure 1.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 5 May 2024.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

The text of ISO 24161:2022 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 297 "Waste collection and transportation management” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as EN ISO 24161:2024 by Technical Committee CEN/TC 183 “Waste management” the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2024, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by November 2024.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO 24161:2022 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 24161:2024 without any modification.

1 Scope

This document defines terms that are commonly used in the area of waste collection and transportation management. It aims to align with terminology used internationally.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

3.1 Waste management

3.2 Collection and transportation

Bibliography

BS EN ISO 24161:2024

Waste collection and transportation management. Vocabulary

Current

Published:

31 May 2024