Art. 32 – Principles

Art. 32

Principles

The holder of the waste bears the cost of its disposal, except for waste for which the Federal Council regulates the bearing of the cost in some other way.

If the holder cannot be identified or if he cannot fulfil his obligation under paragraph 1 because he is unable to pay, the cantons bear the cost of disposal.

Legal act context: SR 814.01 · EPA · Federal act · Federal Act of 7 October 1983 on the Protection of the Environment (Environmental Protection Act, EPA)

Structure path: Title 2 Pollution Control Chapter 4 Waste Section 3 Financing of Disposal

Language: English (en)
Data status: 2026-04-01

Available language versions

Deutschde Françaisfr Italianoit Englishen Rumantschrm

Select article version

Current and historical versions remain separate and permanently accessible. The selected version opens automatically.

Current version · 2026-04-01 Version dated 2025-04-01

The official sources and versions published by the competent authorities remain authoritative.

Enactment navigation

Loading the complete structure

The requested content is already available. Articles, annexes and all other structure nodes are now being added.

The official sources and versions published by the competent authorities remain authoritative.

rechtundgesetz.ch provides orientation and search in publicly accessible legal information, but no legal advice.

Art. 32

Principles

Available language versions

Select article version

Rating categories

Loading the complete structure