Belgium/The Brussels government will encourage the reuse of equipment and materials
This Thursday, May 12, the Brussels government has marked out its action in favor of prevention and reuse of equipment and materials by 2025.
According to the figures put forward: 1 kg of waste would represent 60 kg of resources. It is therefore easy to understand why sending waste to the incinerator is an environmental and economic waste. The strategy put in place should allow the development of economic, social, local and job-creating sectors.
15 priority measures identified
On the roadmap, there are 15 measures to achieve the target of 5 kg per capita per year. These measures are based on 3 main axes:
-Facilitating access to private and public equipment and materials (for example, by developing adapted recyparks).
-Establish a legal and fiscal framework that favors repair and second hand (throughinvestmentsubsidies, or the development of the profession of "valuer").
-Experiment with pilot projects related to reuse (repair service, "preserving" collection).
Currently, in French-speaking Belgium, preparation for reuse gives work to 166 workers per 10,000 tons of waste processed within social economy enterprises (figures from the "Ressources" Federation whose members operate in Wallonia and Brussels).
For Alain Maron, Brussels Minister for Climate Transition and Public Hygiene, "our waste is a resource that we must be able to use to limit the carbon emissions it generates and fight against climate change.
Source: www.rtbf.be
