Waste and Resources Division

This division is responsible for Switzerland’s waste and resources policy and related aspects of the circular economy. It is also responsible for direct federal enforcement in transboundary movement of waste, the levying of prepaid disposal fees (glass bottles and batteries) and the levying of the CSRCO charge on landfilled waste.

The Waste and Resources Division

• is responsible for the environmentally compatible recovery and disposal of waste and related aspects of the circular economy;
• is responsible for supervision and enforcement at federal level;
• promotes ecologically and economically efficient recycling of different types of waste;
• supervises mandatory financing systems with prepaid disposal fees;
• supervises voluntary financing systems;
• supports and harmonises cantonal enforcement of the Ordinance on the Avoidance and the Disposal of Waste (ADWO) in relation to landfills, construction waste, biodegradable waste, waste planning, reporting, waste analysis and waste disposal plants;
• enforces the Ordinance on the Charge for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites (CSRCO) in relation to the levying of the charge for landfilled waste;
• enforces the Basel Convention on the transboundary movement of waste for Switzerland and Liechtenstein;
• supports the cantons in the enforcement of domestic movement of special wastes and other waste subject to regulatory controls.

 

The division is responsible for the topics:

Topic Waste

Management:

Christiane Wermeille
Position: head of division

Matthieu Buchs
Position: head of section Raw material cycles, deputy head of division

 

Isabel Junker
Position: head of section Municipal waste

André Hauser
Position: head of section Industrial Waste

Last modification 08.01.2024