British Standards Institution

Source:: ISO
Committee:: EH/5 - Sludge characterization
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Environmental protection | Wastes | Wastes. General | Wastes. Liquid | Wastes. Special | Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment. | Recycling | Wastes. Other | Water quality. General | Water. Examination. General

Scope

This document defines individual concepts that together provide a framework for a vocabulary common to different stakeholders with interests in municipal wastewater sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal. It is intended to facilitate common understanding and communication on undertaking such activities.

The following are within the scope of this document: definition of a vocabulary common to the different stakeholders; and definition of key elements and characteristics of municipal wastewater sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal activities.

Purpose

This document is intended to:

• help stakeholders understand the fundamental concepts and vocabulary of wastewater sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal. This will help to effectively and efficiently influence such provision, and realize value from use of the ISO/TC 275 family of documents;

• facilitate dialogue between the stakeholders, enabling their mutual understanding of the functions and tasks that fall within the scope of wastewater sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal.

This document contains a vocabulary of relevant to the topic. It is applicable to all such activities by all sizes and types of operations. This document aims to increase stakeholders’ awareness of the opportunities for sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and use.

Consider the following: Is there a verified market need for the proposal? What problem does this standard solve? What value will the document bring to end-users? See Annex C of the ISO/IEC
Directives part 1 for more information. See the following guidance on justification statements on ISO Connect:
https://connect.iso.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=27590861

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Standard timeline

1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

03/07/2019

Proposal end date:

20/08/2019

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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ISO/TC275 N103 - ISO/NP 23880 Sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal -- Vocabulary

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