Plants Waste Disposal Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Saarland Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance on the disposal of waste of plants outside waste disposal plants. Subject Cultivated plants, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Plant production Authorization/permit Waste disposal Organic waste Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract Article 1 establishes that waste of plants shall be disposed of only in compliance with the present Ordinance. Article 3 decrees that in general it is prohibited to burn waste resulting from plants. However there are some exceptions – inter alia - if the amount of waste is rather small. In such a case the incineration shall have to be reported to the local police at least three days before . The text consists of 7 articles as follows: Sphere of application (1); Decomposition of plant waste (2); Full text German Website www.saarland.de