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- PAS Publicly Available Standard
- PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl (s)
- PELVS Premature End of Life Vehicles
- PERN Packaging Waste Export Recovery Note
- PET Polyethylene Terephthalate
- PFI Private Finance Initiative
- PIU Performance and Innovation Unit
- PM Particulate Matter, airborne (e.g. PM 10 ~ particles under 10 micrometres)
- POM / s Prescription Only Medicine / s
- PP Polypropylene
- PP Proximity Principle
- PPC Pollution Prevention and Control Act (1999) (Regulations 2000) beware many amendments after 2000
- PPE Personal Protective Equipment
- PPG Planning Policy Guidance Notes (e.g. PPG 10 for waste management)
- PPP Public Private Partnership, Polluter-pays principle
- PPS Planning Policy Statement
- PR Producer Responsibility
- PRN Packaging Recovery Note
- PS Polystyrene
- PSA Public Service Agreement
- PUWER Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
- PVC Polyvinyl chloride
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