Waste reduction final report -4 - Test Input

. the surplus to be used to cover losses from refunding deposits and to encourage the
return of products on which deposits are paid.
Art. 30c Treatment
1 Waste intended for placing in a landfill must be treated so that it contains as little organic
bound carbon as possible and is as insoluble as possible in water.
2 Waste must not be burned other than in incineration plants; the foregoing does not apply to
the burning of natural forest, field and garden waste provided that this causes no
excessive emissions.
3 The Federal Council may issue further regulations on treatment for specific types of waste.
Art. 30d Recycling
The Federal Council may:
a. require certain types of waste to be recycled if this is economically feasible and
harms the environment less than other forms of disposal and the manufacture of new
products;
b. restrict the use of substances and products for certain purposes if this will promote
the sale of equivalent products made from recycled waste without significant loss of
quality or additional cost.
Technical Ordinance on Waste (TVA)
Art. 3 Begriffe
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7 Aushub-, Abraum- und Ausbruchmaterial gilt als unverschmutzt, wenn:
a. die in ihm enthaltenen Stoffe die Grenzwerte gemäss Anhang 3 nicht überschreiten oder
eine Überschreitung nicht auf menschliche Tätigkeiten zurückzuführen ist; und
b. es keine Fremdstoffe wie Siedlungsabfälle, Grünabfälle oder Bauabfälle enthält.
Art. 9 Construction waste
1 Any person carrying out building or demolition work shall not mix special waste with other
waste and shall separate the other waste on the building site as follows:
a. unpolluted excavated material and soil;
b. waste which can be deposited on a landfill for inert materials without further
treatment;
c. burnable waste as wood, paper, cardboard and plastics;
d. other waste.
1 bis As far as the separation on the building site is not possible due to working conditions, he
may separate them elsewhere.2
2 The authority may require a more extensive separation, if by this measure waste fractions
can be recovered.
Art. 10 Prohibition to mix
Holders of waste shall not mix it with other waste nor with additives if this is primarily
intended to reduce the pollutant level of the waste by dilution, in order to meet regulations
concerning supply, recovering or depositing.
Art. 11 Obligation to incinerate
The Cantons shall ensure that municipal waste, sewage sludge, combustible fractions of
construction waste and other burnable waste are incinerated in suitable plants as far as they
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