| '000 t | thousand tonnes |
| $m | million dollars |
| % | percentage |
| ABARES | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences |
| ABRI | Australian Battery Recycling Initiative |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| AHECC | Australian Harmonised Export Commodity Classification |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| cat. | catalogue |
| CE | completely enumerated |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CPC | Central Product Classification |
| DCCEE | Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency |
| DEC | Department of Environment and Conservation |
| DECCW | Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water |
| DEPHA | Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts |
| DERM | Department of Environment and Resource Management |
| DEWHA | Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts |
| DIISR | Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research |
| DSEWPaC | Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (formerly DEWHA) |
| EAS | Economic Activity Survey |
| EPA | Environment Protection Authority |
| FOB | free on board |
| GVA | gross value added |
| HTISC | Harmonized Tariff Item Statistical Classification |
| IOPC | Input-Output Product Classification |
| no. | number |
| NEPM | National Environment Protection Measure |
| NTCRS | National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SEEA | System of Environmental Economic Accounts |
| SISCA | Standard Institutional Sector Classification of Australia |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| WAAEE | Waste Account Australia, Experimental Estimates |
| WMAA | Waste Management Association of Australia |
| WMS | Waste Management Services |
| WRiA | Waste and Recycling in Australia |