Bruxelles Propreté unveiled the newest and largest public recycling park in the Capital Region on Tuesday, in the presence of Minister for Public Cleanliness Alain Maron.
Situated on the Vilvoorde road in Neder-Over-Heembeek, the new Recypark occupies a total area of 31,000 m2 – almost double the size of the older site in the southwest of the capital. The parks aims "to make it easier for Brussels residents to contribute to cleanliness and the circular economy by sorting and recycling their waste," Maron stated on social media.
This new infrastructure provides temporary storage for a range of sorted waste collected by Bruxelles Propreté, including chemicals, electronics and glass. It also offers public containers for disposal of bulky items.
Translation: Opening of a new #Recypark with #BruxellesPropreté, to make it easier for Brussels residents to contribute to cleanliness and the circular economy by sorting and recycling their waste.
According to Bruxelles Propreté, the Buda site was completed on schedule and is now open seven days a week. To ensure better waste sorting, it is equipped with 13 dock containers and a reuse area placed at the start of the visitors' route.
Efforts to raise public awareness of the benefits of sorting and valorising materials have driven a stratified waste management approach favouring more eco-friendly methods.
Although Brussels currently lacks numerous container parks, there are sites at both Boulevard de l'Humanité and Boulevard de la Deuxième Armée Britannique, while the Ruppel site up north is closed for intensive rehabilitation.
To reach the ambitious target of recycling 60% of waste by 2030, the Brussels-Capital Region has begun building new Recyparks. Following the Buda site, a new container park at Fernand Demets Quay in Anderlecht will open this coming September. A site in Jette has also been identified for development by 2028.
