1. Scope

1.1 This terminology contains standard definitions of terms used in the general area of waste and waste management. It is intended to promote understanding by providing precise technical definitions of terms used in the standards developed by Committee D-34 and its subcommittees.

1.2 Because of the breadth of the subject of waste and waste management, only standard terms generally applicable to the overall subject or that are common to two or more subcategories are included in this terminology.

1.3 For terms of individual subcategories (such as sampling, waste characterization, land management, thermal treatment, etc.) within the general subject of waste and waste management, see the applicable specialized standard terminology listed in Section 2.

1.4 Terms used only within an individual standard, and having a meaning unique to that standard, may be defined or explained in the terminology section of that individual standard.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D1129 Terminology Relating to Water

D4439 Terminology for Geosynthetics

D4448 Guide for Sampling Ground-Water Monitoring Wells

D4547 Guide for Sampling Waste and Soils for Volatile Organic Compounds

D4646 Test Method for 24-h Batch-Type Measurement of Contaminant Sorption by Soils and Sediments

D4790 Terminology of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals

D4874 Test Method for Leaching Solid Material in a Column Apparatus

D5120 Test Method for Inhibition of Respiration in Microbial Cultures in the Activated Sludge Process

D5231 Test Method for Determination of the Composition of Unprocessed Municipal Solid Waste

D5285 Test Method for 24-Hour Batch-Type Measurement of Volatile Organic Sorption by Soils and Sediments

D5368 Test Methods for Gravimetric Determination of Total Solvent Extractable Content (TSEC) of Solid Waste Samples

D5369 Practice for Extraction of Solid Waste Samples for Chemical Analysis Using Soxhlet Extraction

D5468 Test Method for Gross Calorific and Ash Value of Waste Materials

D5660 Test Method for Assessing the Microbial Detoxification of Chemically Contaminated Water and Soil Using a Toxicity Test with a Luminescent Marine Bacterium

D5679 Practice for Sampling Consolidated Solids in Drums or Similar Containers

D5680 Practice for Sampling Unconsolidated Solids in Drums or Similar Containers

D5743 Practice for Sampling Single or Multilayered Liquids, With or Without Solids, in Drums or Similar Containers

D5744 Test Method for Laboratory Weathering of Solid Materials Using a Humidity Cell

D5745 Guide for Developing and Implementing Short-Term Measures or Early Actions for Site Remediation

D5746 Classification of Environmental Condition of Property Area Types for Defense Base Closure and Realignment Facilities

D5759 Guide for Characterization of Coal Fly Ash and Clean Coal Combustion Fly Ash for Potential Uses

D5792 Practice for Generation of Environmental Data Related to Waste Management Activities: Development of Data Quality Objectives

D5956 Guide for Sampling Strategies for Heterogeneous Wastes

D6008 Practice for Conducting Environmental Baseline Surveys

D6044 Guide for Representative Sampling for Management of Waste and Contaminated Media

D6051 Guide for Composite Sampling and Field Subsampling for Environmental Waste Management Activities

D6063 Guide for Sampling of Drums and Similar Containers by Field Personnel

D6250 Practice for Derivation of Decision Point and Confidence Limit for Statistical Testing of Mean Concentration in Waste Management Decisions

D6270 Practice for Use of Scrap Tires in Civil Engineering Applications

D6311 Guide for Generation of Environmental Data Related to Waste Management Activities: Selection and Optimization of Sampling Design

D6323 Guide for Laboratory Subsampling of Media Related to Waste Management Activities

D6346 Guide for Accepting, Segregating and Packaging Materials Collected Through Household Hazardous Waste Programs

D6538 Guide for Sampling Wastewater With Automatic Samplers

D6582 Guide for Ranked Set Sampling: Efficient Estimation of a Mean Concentration in Environmental Sampling

D6661 Practice for Field Collection of Organic Compounds from Surfaces Using Wipe Sampling

D6700 Practice for Use of Scrap Tire-Derived Fuel

D6759 Practice for Sampling Liquids Using Grab and Discrete Depth Samplers

D6842 Guide for Designing Cost-Effective Sampling and Measurement Plans by Use of Estimated Uncertainty and Its Components in Waste Management Decision-Making

D6956 Guide for Demonstrating and Assessing Whether a Chemical Analytical Measurement System Provides Analytical Results Consistent with Their Intended Use

D6982 Practice for Detecting Hot Spots Using Point-Net (Grid) Search Patterns

E135 Terminology Relating to Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores, and Related Materials

E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in ASTM Test Methods

E456 Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics

E702 Specification for Municipal Ferrous Scrap

E708 Specification for Waste Glass as a Raw Material for the Manufacture of Glass Containers

E711 Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Refuse-Derived Fuel by the Bomb Calorimeter

E828 Test Method for Designating the Size of RDF-3 From its Sieve Analysis

E850 Guide for Characterization of Inorganic Process Wastes for Use as Structural Fill

E856 Definitions of Terms and Abbreviations Relating to Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Refuse Derived Fuel

E868 Test Methods for Conducting Performance Tests on Mechanical Conveying Equipment Used in Resource Recovery Systems

E884 Practice for Sampling Airborne Microorganisms at Municipal Solid-Waste Processing Facilities

E889 Test Method for Composition or Purity of a Solid Waste Materials Stream

E897 Test Method for Volatile Matter in the Analysis Sample of Refuse-Derived Fuel

E929 Test Method for Measuring Electrical Energy Requirements of Processing Equipment

E943 Terminology Relating to Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

E949 Test Method for Total Moisture in a Refuse-Derived Fuel Laboratory Sample

E953 Test Method for Fusibility of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Ash

E959 Test Method for Characterizing the Performance of Refuse Size-Reduction Equipment

E1037 Test Method for Measuring Particle Size Distribution of RDF-5

E1138 Terminology for Technical Aspects of Products Liability Litigation

E1183 Test Method for Air Drying RDF-5 for Further Analysis

E1248 Practice for Shredder Explosion Protection

E1266 Practice for Processing Mixtures of Lime, Fly Ash, and Heavy Metal Wastes in Structural Fills and Other Construction Applications

Keywords

Terminology--environmental; Terminology--waste materials/processing; Waste managment activities; Waste materials/processing/analysis;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 01.040.13 (Environment and health protection. Safety (Vocabularies)); 13.030.99 (Other standards related to wastes)

DOI: 10.1520/D5681-98A

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