Waste Ordinance (ADWO)
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Art. 1 Aim
This Ordinance aims to: a. protect people, animals, plants and their biological communities, waters, the soil and the air from harmful effects or nuisances caused by waste; b. to limit environmental pollution by waste through precautionary measures; c. to encourage the sustainable use of natural raw materials through the environmentally sustainable recovery of waste.
Art. 2 Scope of application
This Ordinance applies to the avoidance and disposal of waste and to the construction and operation of waste disposal facilities. Special regulations on individual types of waste in other federal acts and ordinances are reserved.
Art. 3 Definitions
In this Ordinance: a. municipal waste means: 1. waste from households, 2. waste from businesses with fewer than 250 full-time employees the composition of which in ingredients and proportions is similar to waste from households, 3. waste from public authorities the composition of which in ingredients and proportions is similar to waste from households; b. undertaking means a legal entity with its own identification number or such entities combined in a group with a jointly organised waste disposal system; c. special waste means waste designated as special waste in the list of wastes issued in Article 2 of the Ordinance of 22 June 2005 on Movements of Waste (OMW); d. biogenic waste means waste of vegetable, animal or microbial origin; e. construction waste means waste produced in the construction, conversion or dismantling of fixed installations; f. excavated material means material that is excavated or extracted in the course of construction work, with the exception of any topsoil and
let. a — Amended by No I of the O of 12 Feb. 2020, in force since 1 April 2020 (AS 2020 801). let. c — SR 814.610 let. fbis — Inserted by No II 1 of the O of 25 Oct. 2017, in force since 1 Jan. 2018 (AS 2017 5963). let. fbis let. 2 — SR 814.81 let. h — Repealed by No I of the O of 12 Feb. 2020, with effect from 1 April 2020 (AS 2020 801). let. j — The correction of 19 July 2016 relates to the Italian text only (AS 2016 2629).