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The City of Brussels remains committed to healthy, local and sustainable food. With the Food for change project, it is working on the goal of further valorizing existing urban agriculture ((collective) vegetable gardens and compost) and finding more available land for prospective gardeners. The ambition is to create urban vegetable gardens where possible and relevant.

From 15 June to 15 July 2020, Brussels Environment and Bebat launch a large campaign for the collection of empty batteries in Brussels.

The Pcard+ parking card now offers, in collaboration with the City of Brussels, advantageous daily and evening rates in the Interparking car parks in Brussels. It can also be used as a MOBIB card for public transport in Brussels.

From 15 June 2020, traffic will change at the Jardin aux Fleurs (Bloemenhof) quarter. The neighborhood will become safer but will remain accessible to all road users.

The City of Brussels makes 30,000 euros available to neighborhood committees or associations to encourage new citizens' initiatives.

In Belgium, a trader can only sell products under the name 'sales' ('solden' in Dutch, 'soldes' in French) twice a year. Both periods of sales are determined by law. Due to the coronavirus measures, the summer sales of 2020 will exceptionally run from 1 August to 31 August.