1. What is the general legislative framework regulating packaging and plastic waste in your jurisdiction?
Plastic waste and packaging is only scarcely regulated in Switzerland.
The Federal Council has the statutory authorisation to pass regulations to: (i) prohibit the placing on the market of products intended for single and short-term use, if their benefits do not justify the pollution caused; or (ii) require manufacturers to avoid production of waste where there is no known environmentally compatible process for its disposal (Article 30a litera a. and b. of the Federal Act on Environmental Protection (EPA); SR 814.01). The Federal Council, however, has not yet used this authorisation.
Source Switzerland
