Waste management in your company : which rules to respect?

Who does not produce waste? To manage your waste properly, you must follow the rules that are specific to businesses and that apply in the Brussels-Capital Region.

In brief

Whether the waste is non-hazardous, hazardous or special waste (such as medical waste or construction site waste, including asbestos), you must:

1. sort and store the waste appropriately, given that these are “waste products not produced by households”. 
2. remove the waste by turning it over to, for example, a specialised collector who stops by your location.
3. keep records, generally, in the form of removal contracts or invoices collected in a register.
4. in some instances, request an environmental permit due, for example, to the quantities of waste at your business or the presence of a waste compactor.

What are the obligations regarding waste treatment? 

Furthermore, there are authorisations/obligations:

• for waste sector professionals (certifications & registrations, environmental permit),
• for the cross-border movement of waste,
• for companies with extended producer responsibility such as, for example, producers of electronic or packaging waste,
• for companies which collect and dispose of provisional waste.

The right thing to do by type of waste

Here is a link to : Management, sorting and collection of non-household waste: obligations and procedure

Still questions?

Here is a link to the FAQ on non-household (professional) waste sorting  and to the "Brussels Environment Waste Facilitator".