These are the key objectives and intentions of local Brussels’ local governments regarding waste management and public cleanliness for the current legislature (2024-2030). We have included only those indicated in publicly available local government agreements.
Additional information can be found in the local agreements (in French), accessible by clicking in the respective buttons.
Brussels city
Strengthen urban cleanliness efforts to make public spaces, streets, and sidewalks visibly cleaner and better maintained.
Improve waste sorting, selective collection, and recycling, aligning with circular economy principles.
Reduce waste production, with specific targets such as cutting textile waste by 20 %.
Modernize and optimize waste infrastructure, including container parks and collection systems, to better serve neighborhoods.
Relocate or close inefficient waste disposal sites to improve urban planning and service quality.
Ensure the municipality leads by example in waste reduction, recycling, and sustainable practices through its own operations and public procurement.
Schaerbeek
Adopt and implement a comprehensive cleanliness plan defining clear strategies and priorities.
Strengthen information, prevention, and awareness campaigns to promote responsible waste behavior among residents and businesses.
Develop a coordinated cleaning strategy with improved infrastructure, such as public bins, collection points, supported by stricter enforcement of cleanliness regulations.
Foster collaboration among all stakeholders to ensure effective waste and cleanliness management.
Establish a network of permanent waste collection sites accessible to all, with special attention to vulnerable populations.
Unify and localize street-cleaning responsibilities by transferring relevant functions and funding from the regional to the municipal level.
Improve cleanliness around North Station through targeted actions in
Etterbeek
Treat public cleanliness as a core priority of the mandate, allocating sufficient budget and human resources.
Maintain and promote the “Point Propreté” as an information and complaint center, with extended hours and responsiveness.
Continue and amplify preventive campaigns to foster behavior change.
Diminish opportunities for illegal dumping by redesigning or greening urban furniture, embedding deterrent signage, and reinforcing cleanliness around street elements.
Support exemplary behavior by municipal staff, adhering to high cleanliness and waste-sorting standards.
Use data, evaluation, and cross-department coordination to monitor cleanliness.
Encourage multi-actor collaboration (police, associations, schools, property managers) to disseminate cleanliness norms and interventions.
Elsene / Ixelles
Reaffirm the quality, cleanliness and greening of public spaces as central elements of the urban environment and residents’ daily well-being.
Embed a global ecological transition strategy, integrating waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting and circular economy principles at all levels.
Support and promote initiatives such as repair cafés, ressourceries, composting projects, zero-waste families and other citizen-led activities.
Apply municipal operations and public building projects with high environmental standards, sustainable materials, and circular design.
Expand collective composting and resource reuse infrastructures to make alternative waste pathways accessible across the municipality.
Prioritize preventive waste policies, favoring reduction and reuse over disposal.
St. Gilles
Position cleanliness as a central communal responsibility, with a dedicated section in the agreement.
Increase municipal accountability, ensuring the commune leads by example in waste sorting, reducing litter, and maintaining public assets.
Reinforce coordination with regional services (e.g. Bruxelles Propreté) to address municipal cleanliness challenges.
Prioritize the detection and sanctioning of incivility and illegal dumping, with stricter enforcement in identified hotspots.
Monitor cleanliness performance using data, evaluation tools, and hotspot tracking, to guide interventions and hold services accountable.
Invest in cleaning infrastructure (bins, collection points) and optimize service deployment, especially in dense or historically problematic areas.
Integrate cleanliness goals into urban planning, green spaces, mobility, and public space requalification.
Anderlecht
Make public cleanliness a top priority, with dedicated staff, clear monitoring, and accountability by neighborhood.
Modernize waste collection through underground containers, smart bins, and improved mini recycling parks.
Strengthen prevention and enforcement against littering, illegal dumping, and nuisances, supported by cameras and patrols.
Promote citizen awareness and education via schools, newcomer welcome kits, and local campaigns.
Encourage circular economy practices, including reuse centers (“ressourceries”) and waste reduction initiatives.
Integrate environmental and cleanliness standards into all public works, construction, and maintenance projects.
Enhance rodent control and rapid response services to ensure healthier and cleaner neighborhoods.
Molenbeek
Make public cleanliness a core priority, ensuring cleaner streets and well-maintained public spaces.
Improve waste infrastructure with a new municipal container park, underground bins, and mobile Recypark events.
Enhance communication and awareness on waste services and residents’ responsibilities.
Strengthen coordination between cleanliness, housing, green spaces, and prevention services for greater efficiency.
Promote circular economy principles through recycling, reuse, and sustainable municipal procurement.
Koekelberg
Make public cleanliness and waste prevention integral to the commune’s quality-of-life agenda.
Promote a zero-waste approach, emphasizing reuse, repair, sharing, and minimizing unnecessary waste.
Expand waste sorting and collection services, including mobile container campaigns.
Improve cleanliness in public spaces, streets, and urban furniture.
Strengthen communication and resident participation in cleanliness and waste initiatives.
Ensure businesses and professionals comply with waste and cleanliness obligations.
Jette
Guarantee a clean and safe living environment, recognizing cleanliness as essential to residents’ well-being.
Develop a new Municipal Cleanliness Plan focused on prevention, awareness, and enforcement, with stricter sanctions for illegal dumping.
Strengthen communication and education through clear campaigns, school-based awareness programs, and partnerships with citizens.
Expand local waste infrastructure, including underground containers, smart bins, more public ashtrays, and additional mobile Recyparks.
Encourage reuse and waste reduction, supporting donation, repair, and circular economy habits.
Enhance enforcement and monitoring with mobile camera units and targeted controls on non-compliant businesses.
Woluwe-St. Pierre
Prioritize constant public cleanliness, maintaining high hygiene standards across all neighborhoods.
Embed environmental responsibility and eco-practices into all municipal actions, including waste reduction, sorting, reuse, and sustainability.
Collaborate actively with regional initiatives (e.g. “Clean Brussels”) using standardized cleanliness indicators and aligned strategies.
Promote citizen awareness and participation in ecological practices via campaigns, education, and communal projects.
Use modern tools and innovation to monitor cleanliness, anticipate issues, and optimize maintenance activities.
Strengthen intercommunal cooperation (with neighboring municipalities) especially in waste management and cleanliness services.
Oudergem
Enforce a “zero tolerance” policy on public cleanliness, cleaning streets seven days a week and intensifying action against illegal dumping using more cameras and heavier penalties.
Strengthen education and awareness of cleanliness among young people via schools and civic initiatives.
Finalize undergrounding of glass collection “bubbles” to reduce visual and environmental impact.
Create a single “public space” contact point to handle complaints, coordinate interventions, and address urgency requests.
Support neighborhood composting, shared gardens, and resource-sharing initiatives to promote community action.
Continue annual collection events for old mobile phones/tablets to supply metal recycling streams.
Embed sustainable procurement and local circular practices, and favor short-chain, organic products in municipal services (crèches, schools).
Watermael-Boitsfort
Strengthen public cleanliness by equipping communal services with new recycling and sorting infrastructure (e.g. buried glass and textile bins, ashtray and can collection)
Mobilize residents, schools, and local actors through awareness campaigns and collaborative clean-ups
Enforce prevention and sanctions to curb incivility and illegal dumping
Promote waste reduction, reuse, composting, and zero-waste practices across administrations, schools, and events
Collaborate across communes and harmonize cleanliness efforts with regional standards
Use data and elevated standards to improve sidewalks, street surfaces, lighting, and overall public realm quality.
Uccle
Apply a zero-tolerance policy for incivilities on public cleanliness, sanctioning littering, wild dumping, uncollected dog waste, and non-compliance with waste sorting.
Intensify prevention and awareness campaigns, encouraging waste reduction at source and reuse.
Expand and optimize waste infrastructure, including more sorting bins (PMC, residual waste) in parks and underground glass containers.
Use mobile surveillance, cameras, and patrols to detect and deter illegal dumping, supplemented by neighborhood agents.
Strengthen municipal cleaning services, adding dedicated timeslots for urgent cleaning tasks and reinforcing staffing.
Introduce a pilot pay-as-you-throw collection scheme outside standard collection hours, with weighing and identity recognition.
Coordinate cleanliness efforts around commercial zones, hospitality establishments, and heavily used areas, in partnership with businesses.
Ensure all public construction, urban projects, and infrastructure adhere to waste-management standards.
Forest / Vorst
Make public cleanliness a core priority, ensuring that streets, squares, and public areas are well maintained.
Expand and upgrade waste sorting and collection infrastructure, such as underground containers.
Promote waste reduction, reuse, and circular practices among residents, businesses, and municipal operations.
Strengthen communication, education, and awareness campaigns to foster responsible behaviors.
Enforce sanctions against littering, illegal dumping, and incivilities, complemented by surveillance, patrols, and monitoring.
Coordinate efforts with regional services and neighbouring municipalities for consistency and efficiency in cleanliness operations.
Use data, performance indicators, and hotspot tracking to guide interventions and monitor progress.
Woluwe-St. Lambert
Make public cleanliness a central municipal priority, with visible improvements in streets.
Expand and modernize waste and recycling infrastructure, including more sorting bins, underground collection systems, and collection points.
Encourage awareness, education, and resident engagement in responsible waste practices.
Apply strong prevention and enforcement against littering, dumping, and incivilities.
Promote reuse, circular economy, and waste reduction, including repair and resource-sharing initiatives.
Use data, collaboration, and regional cooperation to monitor performance and optimize cleanliness services.
St. Joost / Josse
Maintain daily public cleaning services, with sweeping, bin emptying, and prompt response to illegal dumping.
Increase number of street litter bins, smart surveillance (cameras), and corbeilles in sensitive zones to deter incivilities.
Strengthen enforcement with more agents constatateurs, smarter monitoring, and heavier sanctions against non-compliance.
Optimize waste collection services with two daily waste rounds (given density), free bulky waste collection by appointment, and maintenance of a free container park for residents.