NWSS Glossary
The formally defined terms of the Nova Waste Service Standard, including its covered activity types.
Key terms: the words the standard uses, each with the words it avoids.
Collection round · Collector enrolment · Container deployment · Contamination audit · Facility weighing · Material offtake · Missed-service follow-up · Organic treatment · Participant enrolment · Residual disposal · Separation training · Service exit · Service point enumeration · Service point evaluation · Tag maintenance · Waste characterisation
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix nwss: <https://nova.org.za/nwss/> .
@prefix nwss-cs: <https://nova.org.za/nwss/concepts/> .
nwss-cs:Glossary a skos:ConceptScheme ;
skos:prefLabel "NWSS Glossary"@en ;
skos:definition "The formally defined terms of the Nova Waste Service Standard, including its covered activity types."@en ;
skos:hasTopConcept nwss-cs:service-point-enumeration , nwss-cs:participant-enrolment , nwss-cs:separation-training ,
nwss-cs:container-deployment , nwss-cs:collection-round , nwss-cs:facility-weighing , nwss-cs:contamination-audit ,
nwss-cs:material-offtake , nwss-cs:residual-disposal , nwss-cs:organic-treatment , nwss-cs:waste-characterisation ,
nwss-cs:missed-service-follow-up , nwss-cs:service-point-evaluation , nwss-cs:tag-maintenance ,
nwss-cs:collector-enrolment , nwss-cs:service-exit .
nwss-cs:service-point-enumeration a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Service point enumeration"@en ; skos:notation "SERVICE_POINT_ENUMERATION" ;
skos:definition "Registering a service point once, with its point, label, type, occupancy and household count. Instances are typed nwss:ServicePointEnumerationActivity."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "stand_enumeration" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:participant-enrolment a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Participant enrolment"@en ; skos:notation "PARTICIPANT_ENROLMENT" ;
skos:definition "A visit at which a participant decides, for a service point, whether to take part in the service. Only a signed decision enrols."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "enrollment" , "recruit and enrol" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:separation-training a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Separation training"@en ; skos:notation "SEPARATION_TRAINING" ;
skos:definition "Teaching the people at a service point which material goes in which separation stream."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "training_seperation" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:container-deployment a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Container deployment"@en ; skos:notation "CONTAINER_DEPLOYMENT" ;
skos:definition "Placing containers at a service point, first or as a replacement."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "bin_placement" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:collection-round a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Collection round"@en ; skos:notation "COLLECTION_ROUND" ;
skos:definition "A collector's visits to service points on a service day, each leaving a service outcome."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "tracker round" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:facility-weighing a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Facility weighing"@en ; skos:notation "FACILITY_WEIGHING" ;
skos:definition "Weighing material received at a facility, sorted into material categories or unsorted."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "collection" , "sort and weigh" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:contamination-audit a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Contamination audit"@en ; skos:notation "CONTAMINATION_AUDIT" ;
skos:definition "Opening sampled bags or containers of one stream and recording material that does not belong in it."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "sorting_evaluation" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:material-offtake a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Material offtake"@en ; skos:notation "MATERIAL_OFFTAKE" ;
skos:definition "Material leaving a facility to an offtaker, with its destination recorded."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "recycler payment" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:residual-disposal a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Residual disposal"@en ; skos:notation "RESIDUAL_DISPOSAL" ;
skos:definition "Delivering residual material from a facility to a disposal site."@en ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:organic-treatment a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Organic treatment"@en ; skos:notation "ORGANIC_TREATMENT" ;
skos:definition "Composting or otherwise treating collected organic material."@en ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:waste-characterisation a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Waste characterisation"@en ; skos:notation "WASTE_CHARACTERISATION" ;
skos:definition "Sampling waste and weighing it by material category to establish its composition."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "waste_hh_analysis" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:missed-service-follow-up a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Missed-service follow-up"@en ; skos:notation "MISSED_SERVICE_FOLLOW_UP" ;
skos:definition "A visit to a service point whose service was missed, to record why and the state of its containers."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "collection_follow_up" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:service-point-evaluation a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Service point evaluation"@en ; skos:notation "SERVICE_POINT_EVALUATION" ;
skos:definition "An evaluator's visit to a service point to observe its containers and separation quality and to ask the participant about the service."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "stand_evaluation" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:tag-maintenance a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Tag maintenance"@en ; skos:notation "TAG_MAINTENANCE" ;
skos:definition "Replacing a lost, damaged or unreachable tag with a new tag assignment."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "qrcode_replacement" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:collector-enrolment a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Collector enrolment"@en ; skos:notation "COLLECTOR_ENROLMENT" ;
skos:definition "Registering an agent in the collector role with its collector kind."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "wp_enrollment" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .
nwss-cs:service-exit a skos:Concept ;
skos:prefLabel "Service exit"@en ; skos:notation "SERVICE_EXIT" ;
skos:definition "The formal end of a service point's enrolment. An exit recorded in error is withdrawn; service restarts only with a new signed enrolment."@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel "termination" , "contract_terminated" ;
skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Glossary ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Glossary .Collection round
A collector’s visits to service points on a service day, each leaving a service outcome.
Avoid: tracker round
Collector enrolment
Registering an agent in the collector role with its collector kind.
Avoid: wp_enrollment
Container deployment
Placing containers at a service point, first or as a replacement.
Avoid: bin_placement
Contamination audit
Opening sampled bags or containers of one stream and recording material that does not belong in it.
Avoid: sorting_evaluation
Facility weighing
Weighing material received at a facility, sorted into material categories or unsorted.
Avoid: collection, sort and weigh
Material offtake
Material leaving a facility to an offtaker, with its destination recorded.
Avoid: recycler payment
Missed-service follow-up
A visit to a service point whose service was missed, to record why and the state of its containers.
Avoid: collection_follow_up
Organic treatment
Composting or otherwise treating collected organic material.
Participant enrolment
A visit at which a participant decides, for a service point, whether to take part in the service. Only a signed decision enrols.
Avoid: enrollment, recruit and enrol
Residual disposal
Delivering residual material from a facility to a disposal site.
Separation training
Teaching the people at a service point which material goes in which separation stream.
Avoid: training_seperation
Service exit
The formal end of a service point’s enrolment. An exit recorded in error is withdrawn; service restarts only with a new signed enrolment.
Avoid: contract_terminated, termination
Service point enumeration
Registering a service point once, with its point, label, type, occupancy and household count. Instances are typed nwss:ServicePointEnumerationActivity.
Avoid: stand_enumeration
Service point evaluation
An evaluator’s visit to a service point to observe its containers and separation quality and to ask the participant about the service.
Avoid: stand_evaluation
Tag maintenance
Replacing a lost, damaged or unreachable tag with a new tag assignment.
Avoid: qrcode_replacement
Waste characterisation
Sampling waste and weighing it by material category to establish its composition.
Avoid: waste_hh_analysis