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cannot be recovered. Also permitted is an environmentally sound treatment with other
thermal processes.
Art. 12 Obligation to recover
1 The authority may oblige owners of industrial, commercial or service undertakings to:
a. determine whether ways of recovering their waste already exist or could be set up
and
b. inform the authority of the results of their investigations.
2 It may transfer the obligations laid down in Paragraph 1 to the owners of waste treatment
facilities which accept numerous small quantities of the same type of waste.
3 It may demand from the owners of waste to provide for the recovery of specific types of
waste if:
a. the recovering is technically feasible and economically viable;
b. the environmental impact will be smaller compared to disposal and new production.
Art. 15 Register of waste
1 Every year, the Cantons shall draw up a register of the quantities of waste generated within
their territory. It shall be broken down according to the different types of waste,
municipalities, waste treatment plants, and type of treatment, notably, recovery, incineration,
deposition on landfills and temporary storage.
2 They shall respectively send a copy to the Federal Office of Environment, Forests and
Landscape (Federal Office).
Art. 16 Waste management planning
3 The following principles shall apply when drawing up waste management plans:
a. Waste shall be recovered as far as possible, provided that the environmental impact
is smaller than disposal and new production;
b. Waste which is not recovered shall, as much as possible, be treated so that it can be
deposited on a landfill for inert materials or for stabilized residues:
c. Municipal waste, sewage sludge and combustible fractions of construction waste
and other burnable waste which are not recovered shall be incinerated (Art 11).
d. Unpolluted excavated material and spoil shall be used for recultivation;
e. Waste shall be transported by rail if this is economically viable and the
environmental impact is smaller than other means of transport.
Regulation on the transport of waste (VeVa)
Art. 2 Abfallverzeichnis
1 Das Eidgenössische Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation
(UVEK) erlässt eine Verordnung mit einem Abfallverzeichnis. Es berücksichtigt dabei
das Abfallverzeichnis der Europäischen Gemeinschaft4.
2 Es bezeichnet im Abfallverzeichnis als:
a. Sonderabfälle: Abfälle, deren umweltverträgliche Entsorgung auf Grund ihrer
Zusammensetzung, ihrer chemisch-physikalischen oder ihrer biologischen
Eigenschaften auch im Inlandverkehr umfassende besondere technische und
organisatorische Massnahmen erfordert;
b. andere kontrollpflichtige Abfälle: Abfälle, deren umweltverträgliche Entsorgung
auf Grund ihrer Zusammensetzung, ihrer chemisch-physikalischen oder ihrer
biologischen Eigenschaften auch im Inlandverkehr beschränkte besondere technische
und organisatorische Massnahmen erfordert.
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