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The waste management in Switzerland is based on the polluter pays principle.[1] Bin bags are taxed with pay-per-bag fees in three quarters of the communes. The recycling rate doubled in 20 years due to this strategy.[1] The recycling rate for municipal solid waste exceeds 50 percent[2] (with an objective of 60 percent in 2020[1]).
However, although the recycling rate of 54 percent is above the European average of 28 percent (2015), Switzerland is among the largest waste producers in Europe (730 kg of waste per capita in 2014).[1] In 2009, 2,801,285 tons of waste from households and small businesses was recycled and 2,680,359 tons of municipal waste was incinerated.[3][4]
- ^ a b c d (in French) Aïna Skjellaug, "L’autre or de la Suisse, ses déchets", Le temps, Tuesday 6 September 2016 (page visited on 6 September 2016).
- ^ Swiss Federal Office for the Environment Waste treatment processes: Recycling, Federal Office for the Environment.
- ^ Waste statistics for 2009
- ^ Graph: Municipal Waste and Separately Collected Materials since 1983
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