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Local green expats from Sunbeams.eu offer this useful guide to the white, blue, green, yellow... and the rest.In Belgium each region and commune has a different system of sorting waste. To find out what goes into which bag in your commune you can check www.fostplus.be (also in English!).
Everything which does not go into the usual white, blue, green and yellow bags, or glass containers in your neighborhood needs to be dropped elsewhere. It might sometimes be difficult to find out where.
To start with, each commune has a “container park” and the exact location, opening hours and rules of what can and what cannot be brought there can also be found at www.fostplus.be. Chemical waste - like batteries, frying oil, toxic products e.g. ammonia, ink, paint, fertilizers, thermometers, compact fluorescent light bulbs, etc - can be brought to container parks.
In Brussels they can also be dropped at “mobile green spots” (Coins Verts Mobiles/ Mobiele Groene Plekjes). The hours and locations of these collection points change every month and the complete list can be found at your commune or on www.bruxelles-proprete.be or www.netbrussel.be or you can call 0800/981.81.
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