How to sort?

1. Commitment

• Commitment of the manager of your business, restaurant or snack bar or representative of your company or organisation CSR, environmental policy, etc.)
• Announcement that “we sort here”
• Strong will to sort for recycling purposes
• Appointment of a waste manager within the business
• Making a budget available

2. Monitoring

• Analysis of the basic (waste) situation within the business
• Regular quality control of sorting
• Monitoring of quantities removed by the collector
• Feedback to staff and customers/visitors (positive and negative)

3. Infrastructure

• Good and clearly visible sorting islands (bins attached together)
• Appropriate bins (for the types of waste, volumes, clearly identified segments to be sorted)

for PMD: blue bin with round insertion hole; for paper: yellow bin with a slot; for glass: green bin with round insertion hole; for residual waste: black or dark grey bin without lid; for plastic wrapping films: in a sorting bag for films next to your paper/cardboard container.

• Respect of the colour code (blue for PMD, green for glass, yellow for paper/cardboard, etc.)
• Use of right bags: also following the colour code, inside the bins, of suitable size and strength
• Clear and visible sorting instructions (what goes where?)
• How do I choose the right bins? What should I consider when buying? Indoor or outdoor?
• Do you want outdoor or indoor bins? This decision determines the choice of material for the bins (sturdy, mobile,…).
• Criteria for outdoor use :
  • Fix them to the ground (unless used temporarily) to prevent theft or vandalism.
  • Opt for small openings to prevent small bags being thrown in and bins overflowing.
  • Provide an ashtray on the side.
  • Consider their weather resistance.
  • Covered bins are available.

For this purpose, use the stickers developed as part of the Recycle BXL Pro campaign (free to download at the bottom of this page) or order free stickers via Fost Plus

4. Involvement

• Information, motivation and involvement of all staff and visitors (via various channels), from the moment you make the commitment
• Communication on sorting locations (for staff, but also for visitors)

Use the posters created as part of the Recycle BXL Pro campaign (free to download here)

• Staff training (e.g.: e-learning)

5. Logistics

Involvement of the whole chain:

• cleaning staff: training, provision of bags, maintenance of bins
• waste collector: contract, requirement for feedback from the collector