Abbreviations and acronyms
Best available techniques
R&D expenditures by businesses
Biochemical oxygen demand
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
Combined heat and power
Carbon monoxide
OECD Development Assistance Committee
Domestic material consumption
European Commission
Environmental Code Act
European Environment Agency
Environmental Goods Agreement within the WTO
Environmental goods and services
Environmental Inspectorate
Environmental impact assessment
Estonian Environmental Investment Centre
EU Environmental Liability Directive
Emission limit values
European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
Environmental management systems
Extended producer responsibility
Effort Sharing Decision
Estonian Environment Agency
European Union Emissions Trading System
Gross domestic product
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D
Greenhouse gas
Green public procurement
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission)
Information and communication technology
International Energy Agency
EU Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law
Integrated pollution prevention and control
Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Mechanical-biological treatment
Ministry of the Environment
Ministry of the Interior
Municipal solid waste
Million tonnes
National Audit Office
National Development Plan
National Development Plan of the Energy Sector
Non-governmental organisation
Ammonia
Non-methane volatile organic compounds
Nitrogen oxides
National Renewable Energy Action Plan
National Waste Management Plan
Official development assistance
Particulate matter
Producer responsibility organisation
Research and development
River Basin Management Plan
Renewable energy supply
Refuse-derived fuel
Strategic environmental assessment
Stockholm Environment Institute
Small and medium-sized enterprise
Sulphur oxides
Total final consumption
Total primary energy supply
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United States dollars
Value added tax
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Water Framework Directive
World Health Organization
World Trade Organization