Sustainable Food, Materials and Energy Lifecycles

Serve the City Brussels projects are community projects. As an organisation, we support several Sustainable Development Goals. In the context of the Sustainable Lifecycles project, we invite you to join us in the global endeavour to protect the environment, act as a community and think about socio-economic and eco-friendly business models.

Since September 2019, Serve the City Brussels has begun investigating ways to reduce food and materials waste in its projects and to operate in a more energy-efficient manner. We wish to change our internal procurement policy to ensure we use fair trade and eco-friendly products and we want to induce change also in the relation with our partners (numerous Brussels-based NGOs that help people in need) and clients (companies and public institutions for which we organise team building events).

In the context of the Sustainable Food, Materials and Energy Lifecycles project and its two subprojects Recycle With Us and Energy Efficiency and Saving Hints, we reach out to citizens, public institutions and companies. Our goal is to contribute to the circular economy in Brussels by raising awareness about better recycling practices and energy efficient behaviour.

Our activities

Recycle With Us

Surveying residents of Brussels and tourists about their knowledge of and attitude towards Brussels’ recycling rules
Educational awareness-raising
Identified and implemented a new waste reduction strategy for Breakfast for Refugees at Parc Maximilien

Energy Efficiency and Saving Hints

Educational awareness-raising on energy efficiency and energy saving tips during the holiday period (city centre)

Green Procurement

Evaluation of Serve the City food projects and internal procurement processes
Implementation of better green practices
Reach out to project partners to assess needs, obstacles and opportunities for better collaboration using a circular economy approach

Community Garden

Planting vegetables in raised garden beds
Supplying community kitchen projects with the harvest
Educational program on ‘How to make ecosystem services visible’

Gemma’s tree planting project 2019

CollectMet

Gardening project

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News Corner

Do you want to help us to improve our projects and other citizens to live more sustainably?

Please participate in our e-Survey on Energy, Eco-Products and Recycling Habits

Did you know?

Our team questioned 110 people in the centre of Brussels. All of them said that recycling is important for the environment, but only two thirds said they were aware of the recycling rules of Brussels.

Documents & Links

Opportunities to contribute in Brussels (individuals & companies):

Le CPAS crée un centre de recyclage et réparation d’appareils électroménagers

Coucou propose dès lors un service de location de robes & accessoires de seconde main pour tous types d’occasions

hub.brussels fournit gratuitement aux entreprises souhaitant intégrer ou ayant intégré l’économie circulaire dans leur business model une série d’outils et d’accompagnements (offres de financement)