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 and climate change

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