Brussels, change in garbage bags in 2023: orange mandatory!

Updated June 13, 2023 by pierre

Did you know-you qu'on valued which the waste food represent about 40% de la loan of trash bags whites. Si you ignore it the changes Recent de Brussels-Cleanliness et the trash bags Orange you will de put au compost same si you n'have to de garden...

Le consulting of Ministers du 20 July 2022 à slice: the collections of different trash bags à Brussels will be more strict à leave du 1er May 2023.  Un major changes for most of Brussels, will be l'obligation d'utiliser le bag Orange for the waste organiques de Food. Also, a large line de plastic ne will more being my in le bag-trash can White.

L'idea main du government is de se comply with à la policy European of waste. Rooms-ci dreams à reduce greatly le name de bags-trash whites. En swerve, beaucoup of them contain of residual waste that could easily be composted. In the longer term, white garbage bags should only be picked up once.

In this article, we remind you of good practices for sorting bins in Brussels, and we tell you where to go. get an orange trash can for free.

1. What are the different colors of sorting bags in Brussels?

• The white bag?
  The white bags are used to collect household waste that cannot be recycled. That is waste that does not fit in the orange, blue, yellow or green bag.
• The orange bag?
  From May 2023, food waste that can be recycled will have to go directly into the orange bag.
• The blue bag?
  • Plastic bottle and jars: Lemonade, water, milk, juice, yoghurts, bath products, laundry products, trays and dishes, pots and tubes, plastic films, bags and sachets, etc.
  • Metal: Cans, tins, lids and metal caps for jars and bottles, boxes and cans, dishes, trays and aluminum trays, aerosols, air fresheners, etc.
  • Food carton: Cardboard boxes of juice, milk, fresh cream, etc.
  • All about the blue bag here. 
• The green bag?
  You can use it to get rid of your garden waste. Tip for small branches that do not fit in the bags, you can put them outside tied with a string.
• The yellow bag ? The yellow bag is used to collect paper and cardboard. You can do without the bag, if you put the papers in a cardboard box.

2. What is the orange trash can used for in Brussels?

3. What are the things to (not) throw in the orange bags in Brussels?

Be careful, although the orange bags are used to collect food waste, you cannot really throw all the waste in them.

here is the list things you cannot put in the orange garbage bag in Brussels:

• The long of your children
• The ashes barbecue or wood fire
• The shells  (no eggs, no nuts, no oysters and even less the mussel shells…
• The cat litter  (even if these are biodegradable)
• The you, carcasses, fish bones
• The cores (fruit, olives, …)
• Compostable/biodegradable packaging

here is the list things you will have to put in the orange garbage bag in Brussels:

• Meal leftovers (including leftover meat and fish)
• Fruit and vegetable peelings
• Coffee grounds and tea bags
• Paper towels, tissues and paper napkins.
• Expired foods (without putting their plastic packaging!)

4. From when will the orange bag be compulsory in Brussels?

5. Where to get an orange bin for organic waste in Brussels?

As a resident of the Brussels-Capital Region, you can receive a free trash can orange for your household. You can receive it by going to one of our Recyparks.

5.1 Municipalities where to get an orange bin at the Municipal House

The inhabitants of Anderlecht, Brussels city, Etterbeek, Evere, Forest, Ixelles, Koekelberg, Schaerbeek, Uccle, Watermael-Boitsfort and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre can obtain a container from their municipal administration.

• Anderlecht
  at 100, rue de Veeweyde, 1070 Anderlecht from Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 15:00 p.m. Given the significant management required by this distribution, it is always possible that the distribution conditions will change over the next few weeks. In order not to unnecessarily encumber municipal services, and to best satisfy the visitors of your website, it would seem appropriate to me to regularly check the official information provided on the following link: https://dechetsalimentaires.brussels/bag-Orange/
• Brussels city
  Address: Quai de la Voirie, 1, 1000 Brussels (Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Thursday from 12 p.m. to 16 p.m.)
  Identity card required (02 279 22 11)
• Etterbeek
  Address: Rue Gray, 7 at 1040 Etterbeek (By appointment 0800 257 55 or cleanliness@etterbeek.brussels)
• Ixelles – Ixelles Public Cleanliness Service (By appointment 0800 85-150)
  The collection of the container is done Rue Vandenbroeck, 56-58 at 1050 Ixelles (ring the intercom)
• Koekelberg
  Address: Place Henri Vanhuffel, 6-1081 Koekelberg (Monday: 08 a.m. - 12 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday between 13:30 p.m. - 16:45 p.m.) 02 600 15 01
• Schaerbeek
  Address: Avenue Georges Rodenbach, 29 (Monday – Friday between 8h-12h)
  Identity card required, 0800 939 88
• Ukkel – Cleanliness Department
  Address: rue de Stalle, 77 – 1180 Uccle (Monday – Friday: 9am-11am and between 45pm-13pm.
  Residents must present their identity card
  No. 02 605 16 60
• Watermael-Boitsfort
  Address: Place Gilson, 1 in 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort (Wednesday from 14 p.m. to 16 p.m., Friday from 14 p.m. to 16 p.m.)
  No. 02 674 74 78
• Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
  Address: Avenue Charles Thielemans, 93 in 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
  Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-13 p.m., Wednesday 00 p.m.-14 p.m., Thursday 16 p.m.-16 p.m.
  No. 02 773 06 28

5.2 The municipalities of Brussels who give the orange bin to the recypark

The Recyparks are open 7 days a week (with the exception of the public holidays mentioned on the Recypark official website) Except for the Recypark Woluwe-Saint-Pierre which is never open on Sundays and Mondays.

Attention, the identity card is compulsory to get an orange bin, and you will have to queue sometimes more than 30 minutes.

If you are in a hurry, the container parks are less busy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. If you go on Sunday and Monday, go around 18pm, the waiting time is much shorter.

Here are the addresses of the container parks in Brussels:

• Evere
  Address: Square Servaes Hoedemakers, 10 at 1140 Evere (at the Front Office)
  Business hours :
  – Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  – Tuesday from 16 p.m. to 19:30 p.m.
• Forest
  Address: Chaussée de Bruxelles, 112 to 1190 Forest
  Business hours :
  – Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. to 16:30 p.m.
  – Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  No. 0800 953 33 or 02 370 26 65
• Ganshoren – Recycling center
  Address: Avenue du Cimetière, 22 at 1083 Ganshoren
  Business hours :
  – Wednesday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and from 12:30 p.m. to 14:45 p.m.
  – Saturday from 8 a.m. to 14 p.m.
  No. 02 465 12 77
• Jette
  You must call 02 423 13 17
  - home delivery
  – possibility of picking it up Chaussée de Wemmel 100, 1090 Jette
• Molenbeek
  Address: Rue des Quatre-Vents, 73-75 at 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
  To be picked up every day between 9 a.m. and 15 p.m.
  Preferably by appointment but without obligation:
  – by phone on 0800 99 343
  – by email to protetepublique1080@molenbeek.irisnet.be
• Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
  Address: Chaussée de Stockel, 80 to 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on the 1st floor
  Business hours :
  – Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 16 p.m.
  No. 02 761 28 24

6. Bag Orange Price and where to buy?

The orange bag can easily be bought in supermarkets (for example at Delhaize). It costs 1.25€

7. The collection days for orange bags in Brussels?

Bin bag collection days vary from town to town. The easiest way to know when the blue, yellow, green or orange bag is picked up on your street is to complete forms. It will tell you the collection days.