Public hygiene and waste management
We currently produce three times the waste we produced in 1950. To manage these waste flows and keep Brussels clean, Bruxelles-Propreté is mainly responsible for public hygiene in the Brussels-Capital Region.
Find out about waste collection days for your street and the special waste collection servicesExternal link at the Bruxelles-Propreté website.
Bruxelles-Propreté also shares its expertise with businesses of all sizes.
Small, medium or large, see the Waste Management page in the business and the environment section.
Waste collection in the communes
Some Brussels communes also collect bulky waste or run container parks. Contact your commune’s environmental service for more information.
Recycling services
Social economy enterprises reuse textiles, bulky waste, electrical and electronic waste. The Brussels-Capital Region subsidises five authorised social economy enterprises: Les Petits Riens, La Poudrière, Salvation Army, Terre and Oxfam-Solidarité. They help give a second life to more than 75% of the waste they collect.
For more information on these social economy enterprises (FR/NL)External link visit the website of Bruxelles Environnement.
Recycling: doing your bit
- Home collection or deposit
Clean textile and furniture in good condition, fully functioning home electronic, diverse articles (crockery, knick-knacks, books and more)
- Les Petits Riens
Rue Américaine, 101, 1050 Brussels
Phone central: +32 (0)2 537 30 26
Collection service: +32 (0)2 541 13 83 (Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm)
Shops open Monday to Friday, noon to 5.30 pm and Friday 10 am to 1 pm
- Clothing banks are spread across the Brussels-Capital Region and many parts of Belgium.
- La Poudrière - Emmaüs (including computer equipment sorting centre)
Rue du Libre Examen, 15, 1070 Brussels
Phone: +32 (0)2 523 80 45
Monday to Friday, 9 am to noon, 2 pm to 4.30 pm
- Salvation Army
Boulevard d'Ypres, 24, 1000 Brussels
Phone: +32 (0)2 217 61 36
Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 11.45 am and 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm
- Furniture in good condition, fully functioning home electronics
Oxfam-Solidarité
Rue des Quatre Vents, 60, 1080 Brussels
Phone: +32 (0)2 501 67 00
Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5.30 pm and Saturday 10 am to 1 pm
Administrative penalties for infringements of clean streets policy: Up to € 250.
Putting your waste out on the street at the wrong times, illegal dumping, illegal parking, dog fouling, poor pavement maintenance… Park wardens, cleaning department officials and the police have the right to draw up a report of infringements of the clean streets policy.
