Federal Act
on the Protection of the Environment
(Environmental Protection Act, EPA)

The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may:

a.

pro­hib­it pla­cing products in­ten­ded for once-only, short-term use on the mar­ket if the be­ne­fits of such use do not jus­ti­fy the harm to the en­vir­on­ment that they cause;

b.

pro­hib­it the use of sub­stances and or­gan­isms that con­sid­er­ably hamper dis­pos­al or the dis­pos­al of which may rep­res­ent a danger to the en­vir­on­ment;

c.

re­quire man­u­fac­tur­ers to avoid pro­duc­tion waste where there is no known en­vir­on­ment­ally com­pat­ible pro­cess for its dis­pos­al.