Fost Plus is making no effort to reduce and make packaging more sustainable, according to research by Recycling Netwerk Benelux. Although prevention and reuse of packaging should be a priority by law, the amount of packaging is actually increasing. The Belgian...
Understanding the Belgian “Digital Deposit” proposal Introduction Over the past few decades, Belgium has struggled with the problem of litter, despite millions being invested in clean-up operations, awareness campaigns and law enforcement (cameras, fines)....
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 report by Circular...
Photo credit: Saskia Risseeuw To combat litter, the Flemish, Brussels and Walloon governments want to introduce a deposit system in 2025. A decision on this must be taken by the end of 2023. Recently, there has also been talk of a so-called ‘digital deposit...
Full analysis here Environment Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) took the initiative to introduce a deposit when the monitoring of litter of OVAM showed that 18,171 tonnes of litter still need to be cleaned up every year in Flanders. The Flemish government gave permission...
