California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)

Household Hazardous Waste and Used Oil Recycling Programs

Acronyms and Abbreviations

The following acronyms and abbreviations have the meanings given to them below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

  • AB Assembly Bill
  • ABOP Antifreeze, Batteries, Oil, and Paint
  • ACT Integrated Waste Management Act
  • API American Petroleum Institute
  • BG Used Oil Recycling Block Grant
  • BLM Bureau of Land Management
  • BOP Batteries, Oil, and Paint
  • BSA Bureau of State Audits
  • C&D Construction and Demolition
  • CALMAX California Materials Exchange
  • CalRecycle Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
  • CalTIP Californians Turn in Poachers and Polluters
  • CCC Certified Collection Centers (used oil), California Conservation Corps
  • CCR California Code of Regulations
  • CESQG Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator
  • CIWMB California Integrated Waste Management Board
  • CIWMP Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan
  • CO Compliance Order
  • CORE Act California Oil Recycling Enhancement Act
  • CPCC California Public Contract Code
  • CREA California Recycling Enhancement Act
  • CUOCC Certified Used Oil Collection Centers
  • CUP Conditional Use Permit
  • CUPA Certified Unified Program Agency
  • DFG California Department of Fish and Game
  • DGS California Department of General Services
  • DIY "Do-it-yourself" home mechanic
  • DOF California Department of Finance
  • DTSC California Department of Toxic Substances Control
  • EIS Expenditure Itemization Summary
  • EJ Environmental Justice
  • EPA ID Environmental Protection Agency Identification
  • ESJPA Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority
  • FY Fiscal Year
  • GAAP Generally accepted accounting practices
  • HHW Household Hazardous Waste
  • HHWE Household Hazardous Waste Element
  • HSC Health and Safety Code
  • IWM Integrated Waste Management
  • IWMA California Integrated Waste Management Act
  • JPA Joint Powers Authority(ies)
  • K Kindergarten
  • LEA Local Enforcement Agency
  • LGC Local Government Commission
  • LO Lubricating Oil
  • LQG Large Quantity Generator
  • MOA Memorandum of Agreement
  • MOU Memorandum of Understanding
  • MSW Municipal Solid Waste
  • OAL California Office of Administrative Law
  • OPP Used Oil Payment Program
  • OPPO Oil Payment Program Online
  • OSPR Oil Spill Prevention and Response
  • PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl
  • PCC Public Contract Code
  • PRC Public Resources Code
  • PSA Public Service Announcement
  • PHHWCF Permanent Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility
  • PWP Printing and Writing Papers
  • RCP Recycled-Content Products
  • RMDZ Recycling Market Development Zone
  • RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • SABRC State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign
  • SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
  • SB Senate Bill
  • SCO State Controller’s Office
  • SPF Spending Projection Form
  • SQG Small Quantity Generator
  • SWF Solid Waste Facility
  • SWFP Solid Waste Facilities Permit
  • SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board
  • UCCE University of California Cooperative Extension
  • UORS Used Oil Recycling System
  • UPA Unified Program Agencies
  • US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • WRAP Waste Reduction Awards Program

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Last updated: June 2, 2010
Used Oil Recycling Program, http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/UsedOil/
Contact: UsedOilHHW@calrecycle.ca.gov (916) 341-6457