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Environment 
Small toxic waste
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- Low-energy light bulbs and radiography
- Medecines
- Oil and fats
- Roofing
The Proxy Chimik (formerly 'green corners') were created by the Brussels Region to collect small toxic waste.
By small toxic waste, we mean the rests of:
- cleaner
- bleach
- shoe polish
- sprays
- mercury thermometers
- varnish
- solvents
- paint
- batteries
- pesticides
- neon tubes
- 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 Proxy Chimik, a truck for small toxic waste:
| Quarter | Location | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Brussels-city | Porte de Ninove [plan] | 3th Saturday of the month from 2 pm to 2:45 pm |
| Place Nouveau Marché-aux-Grains [plan] | 3th Saturday of the month from 2 pm to 2:45 pm | |
| Place Rouppe [plan] | 3th Saturday of the month from 3 pm to 3:45 pm | |
| Place Poelaert [plan] | 3th Saturday of the month from 4 pm to 4:45 pm | |
| Place du Congrès [plan] | 3th Saturday of the month from 3 pm to 3:45 pm | |
| Place de la Chapelle [plan] | 3th Saturday of the month from 4 pm to 4:45 pm | |
| Square Ambiorix, on the corner of the Avenue de la Brabançonne [plan] | 4th Tuesday of the month from 6 pm to 6:45 pm | |
| Laeken | Avenue des Pagodes - Avenue de Versailles [plan] | first Monday of the month from 6 pm to 6:45 pm |
Square Jan Palfyn (in front of the GB) [plan] | 2nd Monday of the month from 6 pm to 6:45 pm | |
| Place Emile Bockstael [plan] | 2nd Saturday of the month from 3 pm to 3:45 pm | |
| Neder-Over-Heembeek and Haren | St.-Elisabeth church [plan] | 1st Monday of the month from 4 pm to 4:45 pm |
| Place Peter Benoit [plan] | 1st Monday of the month from 5 pm to 5:45 pm | |
| Coin des Cerises [plan] | 1st Monday of the month from 6 pm to 6:45 pm |
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 and radiography
These things have to be brought to the Proxy Chimik:
- low-energy light bulbs (classic light bulbs wrapped in paper have to go into white bags or to container parks)
- radiography
Medecines
Medecines have to be brough to the pharmacy.
Oil and fats
Private individuals can bring their kitchen oil:
- To the municipal Green Corners
- To the regional waste reception centres
- To the Proxy Chimik
- 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
Cleanliness
regional waste reception centre Nord
Rue du Rupel 6
1000 Brussels
[plan]
Opening hours : From Tuesday till Saturday, from 9:00 am till 4:00 pm (access to the quay till 3:45 pm), in summer (4 July till 2 September 2011): Monday from 2:30 pm to 7:45 pm, Tuesday till Friday from 9 am till 7:45 pm, Saturday from 9 am till 3:45 pm
2 regional waste reception centres receive the out-of-service material
Cleanliness
Regional waste reception centre South
Boulevard de la Deuxième Armée Britannique 676
1190 Brussels
[plan]
Opening hours : From Tuesday till Saturday, from 9:00 am till 4:00 pm (access to the quay till 3:45 pm).
2 regional waste reception centres receive the out-of-service material.
Cleanliness
Toll-free number of the regional Agency Brussels-Cleanliness
Tel. : 0800 98181
http://www.bruxelles-proprete.be
1000 Brussels
1000 Brussels
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