| DR | Dynamic Routing |
| DS | Dynamic Scheduling |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| IOT | Internet Of Things |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| NACE | Socio-professional category |
| PAM | Partitioning Around Medoids |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| PoL | Local waste company |
| SWC | Smart Waste Collection |
| SWAM | Smart WAste Collection SysteMs |
| SWAM-DMS | SWAM Data Management System |