Put out your bags

Evening collections take place currently as part of the reorganisation of waste collection. They are mainly being introduced on the Region’s major thoroughfares, which experience significant traffic pressure.

These collections begin at 8 pm and are performed by midnight in the vast majority of cases: the Bruxelles-Propreté depots are closed at 2 am, so collection activities are be completed well before then.

Bruxelles-Propreté uses also its most recent trucks, which are the least noisy. It will also make sure that its collection personnel are aware of the issue of noise in connection with waste collecting activities.

All the municipalities in the Region will have evening collections. 

Uccle, Watermael-Boitsfort, Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Evere, Jette, Ganshoren, Koekelberg, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Haren and Neder-over-Heembeek.

All the other municipalities will continue to have their white bags collected twice a week.

The municipalities where the general system (zone 1) involves the collection of white bags once a week include some areas bordering on municipalities where white bags are collected twice a week. In these border areas, the collection of white bags (for operational reasons related to the division of municipalities) may take place twice a week. 
Conversely, some municipalities where white bags are collected twice a week may have areas bordering on municipalities where they are collected once a week. For the reasons explained above, white bags may be collected once a week in these areas.
These two cases are exceptions to the general model (zone 1) which applies in the municipality, and only relate to a small number of streets.
 
The bag calendars are available here.

The new calendar no longer indicates the day and time when bags are collected, but the day and time when residents must put out their waste bags.

The new calendar indicating when to put out your bags, which replaces the old collection calendar, starts on 15 May 2023.

If your waste bag is collected in the evening, you must put it out between 6 and 8 pm.
You can find all the information you need in the calendars.

Evening collections have some definite positive benefits for the people of Brussels:

• Bags left out on the street for less time.
• Improved mobility and smoother traffic flow at busy times of day.
• Increased effectiveness of Bruxelles-Propreté́’s work thanks to better coordination between collection and cleaning activities.

Find your personal calendar here.