Waste Ordinance (ADWO)
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Art. 4 Waste management plans
1 The cantons shall each draw up a waste management plan for their territory. It shall include in particular: a. measures to avoid waste; b. measures to recover waste; c. the number of facilities required to dispose of municipal waste and other types of waste that the cantons are responsible for disposing of; d. the landfill volume required and the locations of landfills (landfill plan); e. the required catchment areas; f. the measures to use the energy content of the waste generated by its incineration; g. the measures to be taken in the event of interruptions in the operation of incineration facilities for municipal waste and waste of similar composition, in particular with regard to the disposal or temporary storage of such waste; the cantons, in conjunction with the incineration facilities for municipal waste, shall ensure that temporary storage for at least three months is available. 2 The cantons shall work together on their waste management plans, in particular on the matters me
Para. 1 let. f — Inserted by No I of the O of 23 Feb. 2022, in force since 1 April 2022 (AS 2022 161). Para. 1 let. g — Inserted by No I of the O of 25 June 2025, in force since 1 Aug. 2025 (AS 2025 453). Para. 2 — Amended by No I of the O of 25. Juni 2025, in force since 1 Aug. 2025 (AS 2025 453).
Art. 5 Coordination with the spatial planning
1 The cantons shall take account of the results of the waste management plan relevant to spatial planning in their structure plans. 2 They shall indicate the planned locations of landfills in the landfill plan in their structure plans and ensure that the required land use zones are set aside.
Art. 6 Reporting
1 Each year, the cantons shall draw up publicly accessible lists with the following information and submit the same to the FOEN: a. quantities of categories of waste mentioned in Annex 1 that are disposed of on their territory; b. facilities for treating construction waste and facilities for treating metallic waste on their territory in which more than 1000 t waste is treated each year; c. other waste disposal facilities on their territory in which more than 100 t waste is disposed of each year. 2 The Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications may the revise the categories of waste specified in Annex 1 to take account of technical developments. 3 The cantons shall submit a report to the FOEN on request on the operation and condition of the landfills on their territory. The report shall contain the following information in particular: a. the quantity and type of the deposited waste as well as remaining quantities of existing landfills; b. in the case of
Para. 1 let. a — Term in accordance with No I of the O of 23 Feb. 2022, in force since 1 April 2022 (AS 2022 161). This change has been made throughout the text, other than in Art. 2. Para. 1 let. b — Amended by No I of the O of 12 Feb. 2020, in force since 1 April 2020 (AS 2020 801). Para. 3 — Amended by No I of the O of 21 Sept. 2018, in force since 1 Nov. 2018 (AS 2018 3515).