Guide to waste: Keywords A–Z

Information about the environmental impacts, separate collection and disposal of different types of waste can be found here.

 

A	G	R
Acids	Glass	Radios
Air conditioning units	Glass jars	Railway sleepers
Aluminium packaging	Green waste	Refrigerators
		Rubble
B	H
		S
Bases	Hazardous waste
Batteries		Sewage sludge
Bicycle tyres/tubes	L	Sheet steel
Biocides	Laboratory waste	Shoes
Biodegradable waste	Lids	Solvants
Bottles	Light bulbs	Spray cans
- PET	Litter
- Glass		T
Bulky waste	M
- made of wood		Televisions
- made of metal	Medical waste	Textiles
	Metals	Tin cans
C	- Aluminium packaging	Tinplate
	- Tinplate	Tyres
Cardboard	- Others
Cars	Milk bottles	U
Carpets	Mineral waste
CDs, CD-ROMs	Mobile telephones	Used tyres
Chemicals	Musical instruments
Cleaning agents		V
Clothes	N
Coffee pods/capsules		Vehicles
Compost	Nanomaterials	Varnishes
Computers
	P	W
D
	Packaging	Wood
Deep freezers/refrigerators	- made of PET	Waste wood
Drink cans	- made of other plastics
Drugs/medicines	- made of aluminium
DVDs, Blue-ray discs	- made of sheet steel/tinplate
	- packaging regulations
E	Paints
	Paper
Excavated material	PET
Electrical and electronic devices	Plant protection products
Energy-saving light bulbs	Plastics
	- PET
F	- Others
Fertilisers
Fluorescent tubes
Furniture
- made of wood
- made of metal

 

Further information

Links

Recycling Map

Abbruch- Aushub- und Recyclingverband Schweiz (ARV)

Ferro Recycling

IGORA

INOBAT

Foundation Auto Recycling Switzerland

SENS Foundation

SWICO Recycling

Swiss Recycling

TELL-TEX AG

Texaid

Verband der Betreiber Schweizerischer Abfallverwertungsanlagen (VBSA)

Verein Getränkekarton-Recycling Schweiz

Verein PRS PET-Recycling Schweiz

Verein Schweizer Plastic Recycler (VSPR)

VetroSwiss

Verband Stahl-, Metall- und Papier-Recycling Schweiz (VSMR)

veva-online: Computer programme for the enforcement of the Ordinance on Movements of Waste (OMW)

Hinweis: Sollten wir Ihren Verband aus dem Abfallbereich vergessen haben und möchten Sie, dass wir diesen hier aufführen, so bitten wir Sie um Meldung auf [e-mail]

Documents

Overview of the main waste collection and recycling schemes in Switzerland (PDF, 71 kB, 20.06.2017)