Compost

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Compostable waste:

• Waste of the kitchen: peels of vegetables and fruits, rests of meals, filters with coffee, tea bags, used kitchen rolls, shells of eggs and crushed walnuts
• Garden: dead leaves, faded flowers, cut of hedges and shrubs, shearings of lawn,... By composting your organic waste at home, you decrease about a third of the contents of your domestic garbage can, you avoid the transport and the incineration of waste that is rich in water (reduction of CO₂ emissions). And you produce yourself a natural and free fertilizer. In the absence of garden, the solution lies in vermicomposting.

The City of Brussels grants to its inhabitants a bonus for the purchase of a compost bin

Advice

For quality composting, elementary rules must be respected:

• Bring water, air and organic waste together for a good compost
• Balance the contributions of 'green and wet' materials (lawn, fruits and vegetables) and of 'brown and dry' materials
• Aerate the compost from time to time

A question on composting?

The team of the composting machines of the City of Brussels is there to help you. These volunteers share their knowledge and their know-how with every person avid to compost waste at home.

It is necessary to get in touch with the Eco-Advice service of the City of Brussels to obtain the contacts.

Workshops composting

Every month, 2 Brussels experts in composting steer a workshop on composting. Within 2 hours, you learn the basic rules of the technique for composting. You can ask your questions during the workshop or even later. Visits can also be made at home, if needed.

The workshops take place all 3rd Saturdays of the month, from 10 am till 12 am at the site of demonstration of the City (Farm of the Park Maximilien - Quai du Batelage 21 - 1000 Brussels [plan])

Short trainings of initiation into composting are regularly organized (Inter-Compost - 02 218 75 95).

Links

• Regional brochure Compost, nature does the rest. Ask for the brochure at Bruxelles Environnement (www.ibgebim.be - 02 775 75 75).
• Sustainable development delegation of the City of Brussels
• Inter Compost: www.ieb.be - 02 218 75 95
• Jean Pain Committee: www.comitejeanpain.be.
• Farm of the Park Maximilien - Quai du Batelage 21 - 1000 Brussels [ map ] 50.859067,4.350207 [/map] (Metro Yser).