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The
Swiss «
Verordnung über den Verkehr mit Sonderabfällen VVS»
(Decree on the movement of hazardous waste) dated 1986, shall be adapted
in order to comply with the existing EC regulations. The new regulation
shall be called «
Verordnung über
den Verkehr mit Abfall VeVA»
(Decree on the movement of waste). It foresees an administrational
simplification in the case of transporting small quantities of wastes or
returned goods. For example, it is planned to introduce an online movement/tracking
form. Furthermore, the Swiss hazardous waste list shall harmonise with the
European Waste Catalogue. The new decree shall not only cover hazardous
wastes, but also regulate the movements of other wastes whose disposal has
to be observed for environmental reasons. The VeVA shall summarise
the various existing decrees and regulations on the control of movements.
Moreover, it shall contain an export ban on wastes that are subject to
cantonal competence (e.g. municipal waste, sewage sludge, slag from
municipal waste incineration plants, etc.). The ban on hazardous wastes
that could be exported for incineration, however, shall be abolished.
Further information as well as the draft decree are available here!
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