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

¹ Only waste that is suit­able for in­cin­er­a­tion may be treated in fa­cil­it­ies for the in­cin­er­a­tion of waste.

² Pro­pri­et­ors of fa­cil­it­ies must op­er­ate them so that:

a.³⁹

at least 55 per cent of the en­ergy con­tent of mu­ni­cip­al waste and waste of sim­il­ar com­pos­i­tion is used out­side the fa­cil­it­ies; the use of en­ergy to cap­ture CO₂ from flue gas is re­garded as use out­side the fa­cil­it­ies;

b.

on treat­ment, halo­gen­ated or­gan­ic com­pounds are broken down as com­pletely as pos­sible and only re­form to a min­im­al ex­tent;

c.⁴⁰

spe­cial waste that con­tains more than one per cent by weight of or­gan­ic­ally bon­ded halo­gens is treated at a min­im­um tem­per­at­ure of 1100 °C for at least 2 seconds; the au­thor­ity may per­mit oth­er min­im­um tem­per­at­ures and treat­ment times if it is proven that this does not res­ult in more residues from in­cin­er­a­tion and that the residues do not con­tain high­er levels of or­gan­ic pol­lut­ants such as PAKs, PCDDs, PCD­Fs or PCBs;

d.⁴¹

li­quid waste with a flash­point be­low 60 °C and in­fec­tious spe­cial waste are placed in the in­cin­er­a­tion cham­ber sep­ar­ately from the oth­er waste and as dir­ectly as pos­sible;

e.

the slag con­tains no more than two per cent by weight un­burned parts, meas­ured as total or­gan­ic car­bon (TOC);

f.

in the event of dis­rup­tion to op­er­a­tions, the treat­ment of any waste in the in­cin­er­a­tion cham­ber is com­pleted;

g.

at fa­cil­it­ies that in­cin­er­ate mu­ni­cip­al waste or waste of sim­il­ar com­pos­i­tion, metals are re­covered from the fil­ter ash.