Editing Switzerland (section)

=== Environment ===
{{Main|Environment of Switzerland|Waste management in Switzerland}}
Switzerland has one of the best environmental records among developed nations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 January 2008 |title=Swiss sit atop ranking of greenest nations |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22802081 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525122322/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22802081 |archive-date=25 May 2018 |access-date=2 December 2009 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> It is a signatory to the [[Kyoto Protocol]]. With Mexico and South Korea, it forms the [[Environmental Integrity Group]] (EIG).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Party Groupings |url=http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/parties/negotiating_groups/items/2714.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605182740/http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/parties/negotiating_groups/items/2714.php |archive-date=5 June 2013 |access-date=2 December 2009 |website=UNFCCC}}</ref>

The country is active in recycling and anti-littering programs and is one of the world's top recyclers, recovering 66% to 96% of recyclable materials, varying across the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sammelregeln und Recyclingzahlen |url=http://www.swissrecycling.ch/deutsch/wregel.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423183826/http://swissrecycling.ch/deutsch/wregel.htm |archive-date=23 April 2010 |access-date=29 April 2010 |website=Swiss Recycling |language=de}}</ref> The 2014 Global Green Economy Index placed Switzerland among the top 10 green economies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2014 Global Green Economy Index |url=http://dualcitizeninc.com/GGEI-Report2014.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028201432/http://dualcitizeninc.com/GGEI-Report2014.pdf |archive-date=28 October 2014 |access-date=20 October 2014 |publisher=Dual Citizen LLC}}</ref>

Switzerland has an economic system for garbage disposal, which is based mostly on recycling and energy-producing [[incinerator]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Topic Waste |url=https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/themen/abfall.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429155125/https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/themen/abfall.html |archive-date=29 April 2018 |access-date=29 April 2018 |publisher=Federal Office for the Environment FOEN |language=de, fr, it, en |type=official site |location=Ittigen, Switzerland}}</ref> As in other European countries, the illegal disposal of garbage is heavily fined. In almost all Swiss municipalities, mandatory stickers or dedicated garbage bags allow the identification of disposable garbage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abfall – Déchets – Rifiuti |url=https://www.preisueberwacher.admin.ch/pue/de/home/themen/infrastruktur/abfall.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429092904/https://www.preisueberwacher.admin.ch/pue/de/home/themen/infrastruktur/abfall.html |archive-date=29 April 2018 |access-date=29 April 2018 |publisher=Preisüberwachung, Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research |language=de, fr, it |type=official site |location=Bern, Switzerland}}</ref>