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Zero Plastic Month on our Markets
🌿 Discover a Green May on our Markets ! The Markets Unit of the City of Brussels' Economic Affairs Department is opening the doors to a month of May dedicated to sustainability and the preservation of our environment! Join us as we explore a multitude of alternatives, diverse practices, and ingenious tricks to reduce your waste and combat wastage.

The Prêterie (Lending Service) is over
Following the closure of Usitoo scrl, the partnership set up with the City of Brussels for the "Prêterie" project has come to an end. it is therefore not possible anymore to make reservations since January 2024.

Installation of “Here the sea begins" plaques by the City
Do you know where the sea begins? In the city is where it actually starts, at every manhole and gutter. These are the places to which surface runoff and road cleaning water drain.

Zero waste Halloween? No, it’s not a trick!
This year, there's no need to dig deep into your wallet and buy new, horribly over-packaged accessories. Especially ones that serve no purpose the rest of the year. You can create a perfectly petrifying display with things that have been lurking long-forgotten in your cupboards and wardrobes.
No need to be afraid, just gather round and listen carefully. You’ll be sure to strike terror into the hearts of trick-or-treaters, young and old alike…

World Cleanup Day 2022
See you on 17 September 2022 for World Cleanup Day
Alone, in a group or with the sweeper, clean the streets of Brussels in a good mood!
For this day, the City of Brussels honors those who clean the city each day, by organizing an open day of several depots of the Cleaning Service.

Gardening without waste, all our tips!
Spring is here! It's time to green up your balcony, terrace or garden.
One mission: zero waste gardening!
First of all, choose your gardening equipment carefully.
No more plastic equipment that cannot withstand gardening work. We opt for solid tools that last over time! Are you thinking that quality tools are expensive, especially if you rarely use them?

Global Recycling Day
️Recycling Day has existed since 1994 and aims to promote the use of recycled materials. Since 2018, it has gone global and takes place every March 18. If it is important today to focus on recycling, it is because it allows us to reduce our carbon footprint as well as to control our dependence on natural resources, which are not unlimited.

Use of Single-Use Plastic Products is Over
Belgium took another step towards zero waste on 24 January 2022. Indeed, the sale of certain "single-use" plastic products has been prohibited across the country ever since.
What are single-use plastics actually? The FPS Health Food Chain Safety and Environment explains that these include cutlery, plates, containers, and cups for EPS drinks, straws, and cotton buds.

World Compost Day 2022
The Brussels Compost Discovery Day
When? On Sunday 20 March 2022
Where? All over Brussels
For more information, visit the website wwww.compostday.brussels
Why compost? What to compost? How to compost?
Want to recycle your organic waste but don't know how?

Good resolutions
A new year is setting in, and with it the opportunity to go zero waste. This is the perfect time to implement good zero waste resolutions in your daily life. Here are some key resolutions:
1. Limit your waste production: this year (and all those to come), avoid over-packaged products, give or lend what you no longer want, but which can still be used by others.