RNB joins forces with other Belgian NGOs to launch the #EndDoublePackaging campaign to encourage consumers to report cases of overpackaging.
Study: tackling litter mainly helps producers of single-use products
17 Jan, 2024
Full report (EN) Each region of Belgium has a different litter policy. Flanders has a -20% target for 2022 compared to 2015, which has not been achieved. In Wallonia and Brussels, agreements on litter are less clearly formulated and there is a lack...
50 organizations advocate for effective DRS in the PPWR
11 Dec, 2023
While the negotiations about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) are still open, fifty organizations from 13 European countries make a call for the implementation of a solid and effective Deposit Return System (DRS) for beverage containers in all members states.
Fost Plus is exaggerating: Belgian recycling figures are incorrect
15 Nov, 2023
Fost Plus has been publishing the most spectacular recycling figures for years. For some materials we even achieve more than 100%. How is it possible that we recycle more in Belgium than we consume?
Fost Plus has no interest in prevention or reuse
11 Oct, 2023
RNB study exposes embarrassing shortcomings in Belgian packaging policy.
Out of sight, out of the system: producers evade EPR-costs by exporting waste to Africa
26 Jun, 2023
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes are flawed for various reasons. We already wrote about the governance issues surrounding EPR and the way in which it does not sufficiently address product design in e.g. the textile sector. A new...
Announcement of a Deposit in 2025: watch out for delaying manoeuvres
23 Dec, 2022
Environmental organisation Recycling Netwerk Benelux supports the Flemish government's intention to have a working deposit system in place, in consultation with the two other regions, by 2025. The plan is to introduce a deposit of 20 to 25...
The race towards Deposit Return Systems
14 Sep, 2022
Last modified: February 2024. More and more governments in Europe are deciding to introduce deposits on cans and plastic bottles. The pace has accelerated since the approval of the European directive on...
Yearly 98 mln kilos plastic, cardboard and paper through the front door
8 Feb, 2022
Unnoticed, however, they also receive a lot of paper and plastics through their regular letterbox mail. The annual quantity of plastic magazine wrappers is even twice the quantity that is received as parcels in plastic shipping bags. After all,...