Small toxic waste

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By small toxic waste, we mean the rests of cleaner, bleach, shoe polish, sprays, mercury thermometers, varnish, solvents, paint, piles, batteries, pesticides, tubes neon, ink, cartridges of printer,...

This small toxic waste are products which can worsen the environment if they are not treated in an adequate way. It is necessary to treat them with big care.

If it is about quite small volumes, they can be deposited at the photographer's, the hardware dealers and the pharmacists that show the logo 'green corner'. It is also possible to bring them to the following mobile green corners:

Batteries

Certain batteries can become harmful waste for the environment. It is thus important to evacuate them by depositing them in the operational points of collection in supermarkets, schools, parks with containers, town halls, post offices,... There are 20.000 points of collection in Belgium.

Low-energy light bulbs, medication and radiography

These things have to be brought to the Mobile green corners:

• low-energy light bulbs (classic light bulbs wrapped in paper have to go into white bags or to container parks)
• old medication
• radiography

Oil and fats

Private individuals can bring their kitchen oil:

• To the municipal Green Corners
• To the regional waste reception centres
• To the mobile Green Corners (PDF)
• To the fixed Green Corners in the stores which participate

Professional users can phone the free number 0800 981 81 of Brussels-Cleanliness.

Roofing

Roofing has to be given to firms specialized in waste treatment, like:

• Shanks Brussels
  Boulevard de l’Humanité 124
  1190 Forest
  02 527 37 35
  info.brussels@shanks.be