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

¹ The can­tons co­oper­ate on waste man­age­ment and dis­pos­al. They avoid over-ca­pa­city in waste dis­pos­al fa­cil­it­ies.

² If they can­not agree, they must sub­mit pro­posed solu­tions to the Con­fed­er­a­tion. If me­di­ation by the Con­fed­er­a­tion does not lead to agree­ment, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may or­der the can­tons:

a.

to de­term­ine the areas from which waste must be de­livered to the in­stall­a­tions for treat­ment, re­cov­ery or de­pos­it in land­fills (catch­ment areas);

b.

to de­term­ine sites for waste dis­pos­al fa­cil­it­ies;

c.

to make suit­able waste dis­pos­al fa­cil­it­ies avail­able to oth­er can­tons; where ne­ces­sary, it de­term­ines how costs are to be shared.