Ordinance
on the Avoidance and the Disposal of Waste
(Waste Ordinance, ADWO)

¹ Bio­gen­ic waste must be re­covered solely by re­cyc­ling or by fer­ment­a­tion, provided:

a.

it is suit­able for this pur­pose as a res­ult of its prop­er­ties, in par­tic­u­lar its nu­tri­ent and pol­lut­ant con­tent;

b.

it has been col­lec­ted sep­ar­ately; and

c.

re­cov­ery is not pro­hib­ited by oth­er pro­vi­sions of fed­er­al law.

² Bio­gen­ic waste that need not be re­covered in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 1 must as far as pos­sible and reas­on­able simply be re­covered for en­ergy or in­cin­er­ated in ap­pro­pri­ate fa­cil­it­ies. In do­ing so, its en­ergy con­tent must be used.