Resources of Bruxelles-Propreté

Clean streets

Keeping our streets clean depends on sweeping, drain cleaning and emptying the litter bins, as well as on the behaviour of users.

The only way to guarantee a clean city is to combine your commitment as citizens and that of public cleaning workers employed by Bruxelles-Propreté and the municipalities.

Key figures of Bruxelles-Propreté

4 professions at Bruxelles-Propreté

WASTE COLLECTION 

AWARENESS RAISING 

CLEANING OF REGIONAL ROADS

WASTE RECOVERY

Operations by Bruxelles-Propreté

The following Bruxelles-Propreté operations concern regional roads only. However, there are occasions where some local roads are also worked on by Bruxelles-Propreté, at the request of municipalities.

CLEANING

The staff of Bruxelles-Propreté play an essential role in keeping the city clean. They use manual and mechanical sweeping methods to collect litter. Their job is to make regular rounds, ensure the quality of the clean-up and guarantee the well-being of citizens.

Our teams are responsible for the daily cleaning of:

• Regional and municipal roads under contract (426 km)
  • During the week: from 5:00am to 8:00pm
  • During the week-end: from 6:30am to 8:00pm
• Some markets, often large ones, like the Midi market, the Place Reine Astrid, the Place Flagey, etc.
• Around major train stations in the region
• STIB's own sites (road space exclusively dedicated to tram or bus traffic, protected from the carriageway by a physical separation making it inaccessible to vehicles other than STIB public transport vehicles) on regional roads

EMPTYING AND REPAIRING PUBLIC LITTER BINS

Bruxelles-Propreté teams are responsible for emptying more than 4,700 litter bins on regional roads and local authorities under contract with the Agency, and at STIB tram stops on regional roads. The frequency for emptying the bins depends on the rate of filling of the bins.

However, it is also up to members of the public to make good use of the bins:

• They are intended to take litter produced while you are out and about (tissues, chewing gum, food packaging, etc.).
• They are not intended for your household waste
• They are not intended for commercial waste
• Do not place anything by the bins, even if they are full.

The Bruxelles-Propreté teams are also responsible for repairing or replacing certain models of defective litter bins in support of Bruxelles Mobilité.
If a bin overflows, contact Bruxelles-Propreté 0800/981 81.

WILD WASTE

Wild waste is small items of rubbish or waste that are inadvertently thrown or dropped on the public highway, such as food packaging, cigarette ends, chewing gum, apple cores, etc. This rubbish is often generated by consumption outside the home, and is detrimental to cleanliness and the urban environment.

COLLECTING FLY-TIPPING

Fly-tipping is a real nuisance for communities. It is the most widespread form of anti-social behaviour, and the one that the public considers most objectionable. We can tackle this problem together.

Fly-tipping consists of getting rid intentionally of waste without complying with the regulatory provisions. There are several kinds of fly-tipping:

• Rubbish bags put out outside of the days and hours to put out the rubbish bags.
• Bulky waste
• Construction/renovation waste
• Boxes, plastic bags and other waste left outside
• Etc.

Every year, several teams from Bruxelles-Propreté are dedicated to this mission alone, collecting more than 3,000 tonnes of illegal waste.

Fly-tipping is subject to large fines

CLEANING AND REPAIRING GULLIES

The manual cleaning of more than 15,000 gullies on regional roads is carried out regularly to prevent them from becoming blocked up and overflowing in the event of heavy rains.

This cleaning is occasionally followed by deep cleaning using machinery.

MAINTENANCE OF PAVEMENTS AND BUILDING ACCOTEMENTS

Pavements and areas around buildings (whether inhabited or not) must be maintained and kept clean. This is the responsibility of:

• the occupant of the part of the building fronting onto the street at ground-floor level, unless otherwise agreed between the landlord and tenants
• if the ground floor is not inhabited, the occupants of the upper floors in ascending order
• if the building is completely empty, the owner. 

Bruxelles-Propreté also puts its know-how at the disposal of other regional institutions such as STIB, Bruxelles-Mobilité, etc.