The project

Place: Bern
Customer: Federal Environment Office (BAFU)
Period: 2015-2018

Enforcement aid contributes to the financing of residential waste disposal according to the “user pays” principle in the whole of Switzerland. It provides the cantons and municipalities with a framework that maximises standardisation of the collection of waste disposal fees. Legal requirements and jurisdiction are explained and recommendations for the handling of waste charges are provided.

Our services

• Processing of federal court decisions concerning residential waste
• Compilation of a draft text for enforcement aid jointly with Stephan Textor (Textor Engineering) and Jenny Manco (BAFU), incl. graphical representations
• Discussion and development of the text within the broad-based support group with representatives of cantons, cities, municipalities, industry, retail and associations

Challenges

• Processing of complex legal matters to provide an easily readable text for a broad audience
• Sharing of work and collaboration with co-authors and the customer
• Broad support for the results from participating representatives with different goals
• Handling of the order on budget and on time

The text for the enforcement aid can be downloaded here.