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

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may re­quire cer­tain types of waste that are suit­able for re­cov­ery or that need spe­cial treat­ment to be handed over sep­ar­ately for dis­pos­al.

² It may re­quire those who put products in­to cir­cu­la­tion that are suit­able for re­cov­ery or need spe­cial treat­ment:

a.

to ac­cept the re­turn such products back after use;

b.

to charge a min­im­um de­pos­it and to re­fund this when the product is re­turned.

³ It may ar­range for the es­tab­lish­ment of a de­pos­it com­pens­a­tion fund and spe­cific­ally re­quire:

a.

those who put products in­to cir­cu­la­tion on which de­pos­its are paid to pay any sur­plus from the de­pos­it charges in­to the com­pens­a­tion fund;

b.

the sur­plus to be used to cov­er losses from re­fund­ing de­pos­its and to en­cour­age the re­turn of products on which de­pos­its are paid.