Waste: Acts and ordinances

Legal bases on national, european and international level

Acts and ordinances

Environmental Protection Act (EPA)

Federal Act on the Protection of Waters (WPA)

Waste Ordinance (ADWO)

Ordinance on Movements of Waste (OMW)

DETEC Ordinance on Lists relating to Movements of Waste (LMW)

Ordinance on Beverage Containers (BCO)

Ordinance on the Return, Take-Back and Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (ORDEE)

Ordinance on the prepaid disposal contribution for glass beverage containers

Ordinance on the prepaid disposal fee for batteries

Verordnung über die Entsorgung von tierischen Nebenprodukten (VTNP)

Classified compilation: Federal law

814.6 Abfälle

Classified compilation: International law

0.814.0 Schutz des ökologischen Gleichgewichts im Allgemeinen

European legislation

EUR-Lex: Environment

International legislation

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

OECD-Ratsbeschluss C(2001)107/FINAL betreffend die Änderung des Beschlusses C(92)39/FINAL über die Kontrolle grenzüberschreitender Verbringungen von Abfällen, die zur Verwertung bestimmt sind

Aids to enforcement

Enforcement aids