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

¹ Ex­cav­ated as­phalt con­tain­ing more than 250 mg PAH per kg may be re­covered in the course of con­struc­tion work un­til 31 Decem­ber 2025 provided:

a.

the ex­cav­ated as­phalt con­tains no more than 1000 mg PAH per kg and is mixed in ap­pro­pri­ate fa­cil­it­ies with oth­er ma­ter­i­al so that it con­tains no more than 250 mg PAH per kg on re­cov­ery; or

b.

the ex­cav­ated as­phalt is used with con­sent the can­ton­al au­thor­ity so that no emis­sions of PAH oc­cur. The can­ton­al au­thor­ity shall re­cord the pre­cise level of PAH in the ex­cav­ated as­phalt as well as the loc­a­tion of re­cov­ery and shall re­tain the in­form­a­tion for at least 25 years.

² Ex­cav­ated as­phalt con­tain­ing more than 250 mg PAH per kg may be de­pos­ited un­til 31 Decem­ber 2027 in a land­fill of Type E.⁴⁸

³ Ex­cav­ated as­phalt con­tain­ing may be de­pos­ited un­til 31 Decem­ber 2027 in a land­fill of Type B.⁴⁹