NWSS Separation Streams

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The container a material is meant to go in. Which stream a category belongs to is the project’s declaration, with the standard’s default.

@prefix skos:    <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix nwss-cs: <https://nova.org.za/nwss/concepts/> .

nwss-cs:SeparationStreams a skos:ConceptScheme ;
    skos:prefLabel "NWSS Separation Streams"@en ;
    skos:definition "The container a material is meant to go in. Which stream a category belongs to is the project's declaration, with the standard's default."@en ;
    skos:hasTopConcept nwss-cs:stream-recyclable , nwss-cs:stream-organic , nwss-cs:stream-residual , nwss-cs:stream-sanitary .

nwss-cs:stream-recyclable a skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Recyclable"@en ; skos:notation "RECYCLABLE" ;
    skos:definition "Material meant for an offtaker who recycles it."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "recycling" , "Recycling" , "recyclable" , "Recyclable" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:SeparationStreams ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:SeparationStreams .

nwss-cs:stream-organic a skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Organic"@en ; skos:notation "ORGANIC" ;
    skos:definition "Material meant for composting or other organic treatment."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "organic" , "Organic" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:SeparationStreams ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:SeparationStreams .

nwss-cs:stream-residual a skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Residual"@en ; skos:notation "RESIDUAL" ;
    skos:definition "Material meant for disposal."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "non_recycling" , "Non-recycling" , "non_recyclable" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:SeparationStreams ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:SeparationStreams .

nwss-cs:stream-sanitary a skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Sanitary"@en ; skos:notation "SANITARY" ;
    skos:definition "Personal hygiene waste, kept apart for handling."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "sanitary" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:SeparationStreams ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:SeparationStreams .

Organic

Material meant for composting or other organic treatment.

Avoid: Organic, organic

Recyclable

Material meant for an offtaker who recycles it.

Avoid: Recyclable, Recycling, recyclable, recycling

Residual

Material meant for disposal.

Avoid: Non-recycling, non_recyclable, non_recycling

Sanitary

Personal hygiene waste, kept apart for handling.

Avoid: sanitary

This page explains the standard and does not decide conformance: only the released corpus does. It describes glossary/material-schemes.ttl at standard version 0.1.0-dev.