| ABBA | Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment |
| ARENA | Australian Renewable Energy Agency |
| C&DW | Construction and Demolition Waste |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Authority |
| GCER | Global Centre for Environmental Remediation |
| HPIC | High-Pressure Ion Chromatography |
| ICP-MS | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy |
| MRF | Material Recovery Facility |
| MSW | Municipal Solid Waste |
| NIER | Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| ORS | Octapole Reaction System |
| ppt | Part per trillion |
| SCC | Specific Contaminant Concentration |
| SRB | Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria |
| TCLP | Toxicity Characteristics Leaching Procedure |
| UPVC | Unplasticized Polyvinyl Chloride |