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

¹ In the case of con­struc­tion work, spe­cial waste must be sep­ar­ated and dis­posed of sep­ar­ately from oth­er waste. The fol­low­ing con­struc­tion waste must be kept sep­ar­ate on the con­struc­tion site:

a.

re­moved top­soil and sub­soil, if pos­sible without be­ing mixed;

b.

un­pol­luted ex­cav­ated ma­ter­i­al, ex­cav­ated ma­ter­i­al that sat­is­fies the re­quire­ments of An­nex 3 num­ber 2, and oth­er ex­cav­ated ma­ter­i­al, if pos­sible without be­ing mixed;

c.

ex­cav­ated as­phalt, con­crete rubble, road sur­face rubble, mixed rubble, brick rubble and plaster, if pos­sible without be­ing mixed;

d.

fur­ther re­cyc­lable waste such as glass, metals, tim­ber and plastics, if pos­sible without be­ing mixed;

e.

com­bust­ible waste that is not re­cyc­lable;

f.

oth­er waste.

² If the sep­ar­a­tion of oth­er con­struc­tion waste on the con­struc­tion site is not op­er­a­tion­ally pos­sible, the waste must be sep­ar­ated in suit­able fa­cil­it­ies.¹⁹

³ The au­thor­ity may re­quire fur­ther sep­ar­a­tion if ad­di­tion­al parts of the waste may be re­covered thereby.