Bruxelles Environnement is the administration of the city which aims to improve the quality of life and the environment in the city and in the region. Céline is responsible for the department of ‘waste’ within the division of Information, General Coordination, Sharing economy, and Sustainable city at Bruxelles Environnement. The department is responsible for strategy and action within the field of prevention and management of waste in Brussels. During the workshop Céline will introduce the main working fields about management of resources and management of waste in the region. Céline has worked at University of Gembloux as Consultant at the Union Wallonne des Entreprises before she started this job about 2 years ago.

1. Brussels
Resources and
Waste
Management
MPI WORKSHOP
BRUSSELS
16/06/2016
Céline SCHAAR
Waste Departement
Division : Info, Circular Economy and Sustainable City

2. PRESENTATION PLAN
• RBC – BE brief presentation
• Key datas
• Resources, waste and circular economy in Brussels
• Strategic and operationnal policies
• Legislative measure
• Tools for business
• Next steps

3. BRUSSELS ENVIRONMENT

4. • High density of population
• Urbanised territory – lack of space
• Dominant tertiary sector
• Majority of SME et VSE
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SPECIFICITY OF THE REGION

5. Adopted on 10/03/2016
Economic animation program
Orientations : job and economic activity
creation linked to CE
Multi-administrations - multi-thematics
Adopted in 2010 (4th Plan) - (5th under construction)
Environment oriented plan
Focus on the waste hierarchy , waste producers,
EPR schemes and legislative measures
Waste administrations (BE and BP)
Waste plan
Waste Reduction and
Management Plan
PREC
Regional Program
Circular Economy
RESOURCES, WASTE AND CIRCULAR
ECONOMY IN BRUSSELS
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RBC – BE
presentation
Resources, waste and
circular economy in
Brussels
Key data
Measures
and projects
Next steps

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Strategic Missions
• Planification
• Making Laws
• Monitoring
• Extended Producer Responsibility
WASTE POLICIES IN BRUSSELS

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• Work based on stimulating supply and demand
• Studies and transversal projects about
prevention and reuse (Agenda 21, SERD, 3R
strategy projects, …)
• Waste Stream approach: packaging, organic,
equipment, paper, construction waste
• Economic animation
• PREC
• BWN
Operational Missions
WASTE POLICIES IN BRUSSELS

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KEY DATA
ABOUT 400.000 TONS MUNICIPAL WASTE IN BRUSSELS
.000
100.000
200.000
300.000
400.000
500.000
600.000
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
kg/hab
Municipal Waste - Collecte de l'ABP (kg/hab)
Autre
vert et organique
Verre
PMC
Papier/carton
Boue de balayage
Encombrant et clandestin

9. • Annual total waste production in Brussels : +/-
1,800,000 tons
 including 400,000 tons of municipal waste
 and 1,400,000 tons of « industrial waste »
–Of which 650,000 tons of construction and demolition waste
–And 750,000 tons of other non municipal waste streams (offices,
horeca, trade, healthcare,…)
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KEY DATA

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LEGISLATIVE TOOLS
3 main actions
 Sorting obligation for everybody (2/2/2012 with adaptation periods)
Simplification of administratives rules
 Tax on Incineration

11. • Since 1rst january 2010 for households;
• Since 2012 : for everybody, including enterprises
• Paper-cardboard-metal-plastic-glass
• 3 ways to do it :
• - In situ treatment;
• - Call a registered collector;
• - Bring it to a registered center
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LEGISLATIVE MEASURES :
SORTING OBLIGATION AT THE SOURCE

12. • Redevance for small quantities, unless you prove you have a
contract with a collector
• Small quantities are til :
- 50 liters per week for PMC ;
- 30 liters per week for paper and cardboard;
- 80 liters per week for residual waste.
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LEGISLATIVE MEASURES :
SORTING OBLIGATION AT THE SOURCE

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TOOLS FOR BUSINESS
 Brussels Waste Network
 Label Entreprise Ecodynamique
 Resilient Web
 PREC
 SERD (EWWR)

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BRUSSELS WASTE NETWORK
 Partnership between BECI and Bruxelles Environnement
 Since 2010
Network of waste advisors
 Helpdesk
 Bi-annual calls for interest
 Mostly business federation oriented
www.brusselswastenetwork.eu

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LABEL ENTREPRISE ECODYNAMIQUE
 Official recognition
Management (EMS) and good environmental practices
 Voluntary system
 Regulatory Compliance
 Continuous improvement
Round 3 years
Progressivity (3 levels): 1,2 or 3 stars
 Big Adaptability for companies

16. Cards
BMC
Quick-scan
Serious game
Online living cases
studies
RESILIENT WEB

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PREC’S CALL FOR INTEREST
 Objective: To stimulate & support innovative economic activity in Brussels
in the field of circular economy:
- Transforming the environmental objectives into economic opportunities
- Relocate the economy in Brussels
- Contributing to create employment
 Financial support from the region: 1,000,000 €
 Up to 100,000 euros / project and 8 days of support
 4 PARTS :
PART 1 : Loop Closure: reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recycling
PART 2 : The new economic model of circular economy
PART 3 : Optimizing the use of production resources
PART 4: Tools and support initiatives for the transition to the circular economy

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EUROPEAN WASTE FOR WASTE
REDUCTION (19/11 > 27/11)
Objectifs of the WEEK
Promote waste reduction projects in all
Europe and make them visible.
Why participate?
85% of our environmental impact is
due to manufacture, transport, use and
end of life treatment of our consumer
goods
http://www.environnement.brussels/news/du-
21-au-291115-agissons-pour-reduire-nos-
dechets

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NEXT STEPS
• New Resources and Waste Management Plan (PGRD)
• Idea of continuous improvement process through updates
and evaluation of the PGRD and the PREC
• Next step could for example focus on reuse and repair in
the private sector

20. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Contact : Céline Schaar – cschaar@environnement.brussels
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