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The requirements are:

• Provide proof of your waste management (see question 3);
• Use the bags or containers identified by your registered collector;
• sort:
  • PMD;
  • Paper and Cardboard ;
  • White transparent packaging glass and coloured transparent packaging glass;
  • Residual waste ;
  • Waste that must legally be recovered:
    • Used frying fats and oils
    • Batteries
    • Electrical and electronic equipment waste
    • Medications
    • Tyres
    • Used oils
    • End-of-life vehicles
    • Photovoltaic panels
  • plant waste;
  • Waste from animal by-products ;
  • Hazardous waste

For 2 reasons:

• The more waste sorted at the source, the more efficient recycling channels will be. Especially since recycling waste saves both raw materials and energy;
• Waste management financing for professionals must be separated from that of households. This is the polluter pays principle.

The producer of non-hazardous waste other than domestic waste should provide proof of waste management using one of the following ways:

• the existence of a contract with a registered waste collector (see question 13), or
• collection certificates issued by a registered waste collector, or
• treatment certificates issued by an authorized waste treatment facility.

This obligation applies to every producer who generates or dumps waste other than domestic waste. For example, a company, a retailer, a self-employed person, an association, an office or a building manager.

This obligation started on February 2, 2013.

Since 1991, any producer of hazardous waste has to separate this waste from other waste and dispose of it in accordance with the legislation concerning hazardous waste.
Since 1993, any producer of animal waste is required to dispose of it separately.
Since February 2, 2013, everyone is required to separate paper and cardboard from other residual waste.
As of February 2, 2014, the following fractions must also be submitted separately from residual waste:

• PMD;
• Paper and Cardboard ;
• White transparent packaging glass and coloured transparent packaging glass;
• Residual waste ;
• Waste that must legally be recovered:
  • Used frying fats and oils
  • Batteries
  • Electrical and electronic equipment waste
  • Medications
  • Tyres
  • Used oils
  • End-of-life vehicles
  • Photovoltaic panels
• plant waste;
• Waste from animal by-products ;
• Hazardous waste

There are no standardised templates for evidentiary documents (see question 3). However, the evidentiary documents must at least contain the following data:

• name, address, business number and establishment unit of the waste producer;
• name, address, business number and establishment unit of the collector or the place of deposit (treatment facility or container yard);
• type of waste;
• volume or weight of waste collected or brought in;
• collection frequency or drop-off date.

Non-hazardous waste: https://environnement.brussels/thematiques/dechets-ressources/gestion-des-dechets/liste-des-professionnels-agrees-et-enregistres?view_pro=1

Hazardous waste: https://environnement.brussels/thematiques/dechets-ressources/gestion-des-dechets/liste-des-professionnels-agrees-et-enregistres?view_pro=1

No, but you should check the following points in your contract:

• Does all the data appear as defined in  question 7?
• Is the collector registered for non-hazardous waste collection?
• Does my contract include all the types of waste listed in the sorting requirement (at least residual waste, paper/cardboard and PMC)?

If your supplier takes back used packaging from delivered products, they must be registered as a waste collector (see question 8).

Your collector can give you a solution adapted to your needs.
Each container used must be clearly identifiable by colour, logo, inscription or other relevant markings indicating that it belongs to your registered collector.

No, there is no threshold amount in which mandatory waste fractions do not need to be sorted.

Yes, you can use several solutions (collectors or container park or treatment facility) for your different waste fractions.

In this case, you will have to prove that your different waste fractions have been collected or treated correctly (see question 3).

Yes, you can bring your waste, either directly or via a registered waste carrier, to a container park or authorized waste treatment facility.

In this case, you will have to prove that your waste has been treated properly (see question 3).

A report may be drawn up by a municipal inspector, a Brussels Environment inspector or the police. An administrative fine of 50 to 62.500 EUR may be issued.

You must keep your documents for 5 years.

Order of 14/06/2012 relating to waste, modified by the Order of 18/12/2015 relating to the first part of the tax reform.

Decree of 01/12/2016 of the Brussels-Capital Region Government on waste management.