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

¹ The hold­er of the waste bears the cost of its dis­pos­al, ex­cept for waste for which the Fed­er­al Coun­cil reg­u­lates the bear­ing of the cost in some oth­er way.

² If the hold­er can­not be iden­ti­fied or if he can­not ful­fil his ob­lig­a­tion un­der para­graph 1 be­cause he is un­able to pay, the can­tons bear the cost of dis­pos­al.