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Four ways to get rid of bulky waste in Brussels
If you live in Brussels, you have four options for bulky waste: a home pick-up by Bruxelles-Propreté, a collection run by your municipality, a trip to a Recypark (fixed or mobile) or a clearance company. The first three are free within certain limits. The fourth is paid, but the team collects the items from inside your home.
Which one suits you depends mainly on three things: how much there is, what kind of items they are and how much time you have. An old sofa and a mattress are a very different job from emptying a whole house before a sale.
Home pick-up by Bruxelles-Propreté
Bruxelles-Propreté (Net Brussel in Dutch), the Brussels regional cleanliness agency, offers every Brussels household one free collection a year of up to 3 m³ of household bulky waste: furniture, household appliances and small items.
- Booking: by phone only, on 0800/981.81. There is no online booking.
- Have ready when you call: the volume in m³, the type of waste, the number of any rubble bags and your national register number.
- Minimum: the lorry only comes out for 1 m³ or more.
- Beyond the free allowance: extra volume is charged; ask for the rate on the same number.
Items are collected from the pavement, not from inside your home. In Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, for example, the municipality states they must be put out before 7 am on the collection day.
Your municipality's collections
Several of the 19 municipalities add their own service to the regional one. The rules vary from one municipality to the next: volume, frequency, who is eligible and how to apply. Here are a few examples taken from the municipalities' own websites.
| Municipality | Municipal service | How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| City of Brussels | 2 free collections of up to 3 m³ per household per calendar year (main residence within the City's territory) | MyBXL, info@brucity.be or 02 279 22 11 (option 4) |
| Ixelles | 3 m³ free up to 3 times a year; up to 6 m³ after a death or a house move, with proof | 0800.85.150 or e-mail to the public cleanliness department |
| Evere | Free collection by appointment every week, limited to 2 m³ per household | The municipal cleanliness department |
| Auderghem | Up to 1 m³ per household per month, residents only | 02/676.49.68 |
| Anderlecht | Municipal mini-Recyparks on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 7 pm, up to 3 m³ per household per day | On site, with your identity card |
In the City of Brussels, bulky waste goes on the pavement in front of your property between 8 pm the evening before and 6:30 am on the collection day, with the notice you received attached. You do not need to be at home. For the rules in your area, check your municipality's website or our pages for each municipality, which cover this practical information.
Recyparks: fixed or mobile
If you have a car or a van, a Recypark (the regional recycling centre) is still the most flexible option for a few items. Bruxelles-Propreté runs four fixed Recyparks:
- Recypark Demets: Quai Fernand Demets 22, 1070 Anderlecht
- Recypark Buda: Avenue Antoon Van Oss 6, 1120 Neder-Over-Heembeek
- Recypark Humanité: Boulevard de l'Humanité 350, 1190 Forest
- Recypark Sud: Boulevard de la Deuxième Armée Britannique 676, 1190 Forest
The Mobile Recypark sets up in a neighbourhood for a few days, together with the municipality. The 2026 brochure from Berchem-Sainte-Agathe sets out its rules:
- Identity card required, and waste sorted by category before you arrive.
- Vehicles carrying more than 3 m³ are turned away.
- Small household chemical waste: 30 litres maximum for coating products (paints), 5 litres for everything else.
- A reuse area takes items in good condition (furniture, books, bikes, small appliances) for a social economy organisation.
Fixed Recyparks accept more categories than the Mobile Recypark. Check the opening hours and the current list on the Bruxelles-Propreté website or on 0800/981.81 before you load the car.
What is accepted and what is refused
The general rule is simple: bulky waste collections take household items too big for rubbish bags, not building waste or hazardous products.
Usually accepted
- Furniture, mattresses, rugs and ornaments
- Electrical and electronic appliances
- Leisure items, toys and large tools
Usually refused in bulky waste collections
- Building and renovation waste: plaster, bricks, tiles, parquet, doors and frames
- Chemical and hazardous products: paints, batteries, oils, aerosols, medicines
- Waste that has its own bag or container: PMD, paper and cardboard, glass, food waste, garden waste
- Tyres, gas cylinders and asbestos
At the Mobile Recypark, large appliances (washing machines, ovens, fridges) are also refused. The exact lists vary by service: the one published by your municipality or by Bruxelles-Propreté is the one that counts.
When a professional clearance is easier
Public services work well for a few pieces of furniture, when you can carry them down yourself and wait for the date you are given. They quickly reach their limits in other situations.
| Criterion | Public collection or Recypark | Clearance company |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free within the volume limits | Paid; at AAB Brocanteur, a fixed written price before the job |
| Volume | 1 to 3 m³ per visit, depending on the service | Matched to the volume: one room, a garage or a whole house |
| Carrying | Items to put out on the pavement or take there yourself | The team collects them from inside your home |
| Timing | Date set by the service | Clearance within 48 hours possible |
| Sorting | Up to you, before drop-off | Sorted on site, donations to charities, recycling and removal |
A professional clearance is often simpler in these cases:
- The volume exceeds the allowances: a full cellar, attic or garage soon goes past 3 m³.
- You cannot do the carrying: upper floor with no lift, heavy furniture, an elderly person or someone who does not live in Brussels.
- Time is short: handing back the keys, selling the property, the end of a lease.
- The whole home needs clearing: after a death or before a move into a care home.
For a few pieces of furniture, an appliance or a garage, see our junk removal service. For a cellar or an attic, we have dedicated pages on cellar clearance and attic clearance. For a whole home, see house clearance or, after a death, estate clearance.
How a clearance with AAB Brocanteur works
- First contact: call 0486 75 24 52 or send photos on WhatsApp to 0484 96 50 73. We call you back within 15 minutes, 7 days a week, from 7 am to 8 pm.
- Free visit: we look at the volume, the access and the kind of items. We tell you there and then what we can take away.
- Free quote: a fixed written price, before the job starts. A simple clean of the emptied rooms (sweeping, vacuuming, mopping) can be added if you ask for it during the visit.
- Clearance: possible within 48 hours. Items in good condition go to charities as donations; the rest is sorted for recycling and removed.
AAB Brocanteur is an insured company. What makes the price go up or down is explained on our prices page.
