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For most individuals, the implementation of this obligation will not, however, lead to any change since the vast majority of Walloon municipalities have already implemented separate management of this type of waste for households.
Biodegradable organic waste means leftover fruit and vegetables (including woody parts, dried fruit and pits); eggshells; kitchen waste and leftover food (raw and cooked, but cold) by eliminating excess liquids; rice, bread, biscuits, pasta and starchy foods; spoiled food without packaging; coffee grounds and tea filters and other infusion drinks; used paper towels, napkins and tissues; and biodegradable litter for small pets.
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On the other hand, oils and liquids should be avoided; pieces of meat, fish, shellfish, mussels, shellfish, bones in large quantities; plastics and packaging (such as yogurt pots, mozzarella bags, cold meat wrappers, oiled, plasticized or aluminum paper, etc.); cigarette butts and ashes; powders or other cleaning products; chemical products; diapers; dog droppings; and plant waste (mowing, leaves, pruning waste, etc.).
In Wallonia, regulations require municipalities to collect, on the one hand, green waste and, on the other hand, to put in place the necessary conditions so that, no later than January 1, 2025, all citizens can effectively separate organic waste from the flow of household waste. The objective is to be able to biomethanize or compost them, including at home.
This date has, however, been brought forward by one year due to the execution of obligations set by the European Union and the new Walloon decree relating to waste.
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Depending on the area, several options are available to individuals: door-to-door collection of organic waste, deposit of it in voluntary drop-off points (buried containers placed in public spaces, at image of those intended to receive the packaging glasses) or recyparcs, or even composting at home or in your neighborhood.
Citizens are invited to consult the website of their municipality and/or their intermunicipal waste management company.
Also for professionals, including the self-employed, sorting of bio-waste will be compulsory from January 1st. This concerns both private and public companies, the catering industry, schools, hospitals, food businesses, municipalities and even traders, i.e. any actor producing or holding biowaste, that is to say food waste and plant waste from gardens and parks.
They will therefore be required to organize themselves, sort their waste and find an approved collector or recycle their bio-waste themselves in order to meet this obligation.
Please note that, still for professionals, the minimum threshold of 2.5 m3 per week below which green waste should not be sorted and selectively collected will no longer apply. Sorting will be necessary regardless of the quantities produced, isnsite the SPW.
Individuals and professionals can go to the Wallonia Environment portal (http://environnement.wallonie.be/) where they will find all the useful information on the sorting of bio-waste, the regulations and their practical arrangements.
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