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

¹ Ex­cav­ated ma­ter­i­al that sat­is­fies the re­quire­ments of An­nex 3 num­ber 1 (un­pol­luted ex­cav­ated ma­ter­i­al), must be re­covered to the fullest ex­tent pos­sible as fol­lows:

a.

as con­struc­tion ma­ter­i­al on build­ing sites or land­fills;

b.

as raw ma­ter­i­al for the man­u­fac­ture of con­struc­tion ma­ter­i­als;

c.

for the re­filling of ma­ter­i­al ex­trac­tion sites; or

d.

for per­mit­ted land­scap­ing work.

² Ex­cav­ated ma­ter­i­al that sat­is­fies the re­quire­ments of An­nex 3 num­ber 2 must be re­covered to the fullest ex­tent pos­sible as fol­lows:

a.

as a raw ma­ter­i­al for the man­u­fac­ture of hy­draul­ic or bi­tu­min­ous bound con­struc­tion ma­ter­i­als;

b.

as con­struc­tion ma­ter­i­al for land­fills of Types B–E;

c.²¹

as a raw ma­ter­i­al in the man­u­fac­ture of ce­ment clinker;

d.²²

in the case of civil en­gin­eer­ing work, on the site where the ma­ter­i­al is pro­duced, provided any treat­ment re­quired for the ma­ter­i­al is car­ried out on or dir­ectly ad­ja­cent to the site; Art­icle 3 of the Con­tam­in­ated Sites Or­din­ance of 26 Au­gust 1998²³ (CSO) re­mains re­served.

³ Ex­cav­ated ma­ter­i­al that does not sat­is­fy the re­quire­ments of An­nex 3 num­ber 2 may not be re­covered. The fore­go­ing does not ap­ply to re­cov­ery at a ce­ment works in ac­cord­ance with An­nex 4 num­ber 1 and the re­cov­ery of ex­cav­ated ma­ter­i­al that sat­is­fies the re­quire­ments of An­nex 5 num­ber 2.3:²⁴

a.

as con­struc­tion ma­ter­i­al for land­fills of Types C–E; or

b.²⁵

as part of the re­medi­ation of the con­tam­in­ated site that pro­duces the ma­ter­i­al; a any treat­ment re­quired for the ma­ter­i­al is car­ried out at or dir­ectly ad­ja­cent to the con­tam­in­ated site.