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Brussels (The Brussels Morning Newspaper): From the month of June 2023 onward every competition organsied inside the Flanders and Walloon areas of Belgium must make use of reusable cups. This is a large step that has additionally resultantly caused penalties towards Tomorrowland for utilizing disposable cups whereas alternatively Ecocup is expects larger orders that is indicative of how sustainability is starting to be embraced in Belgium.
In Flanders it applies to all festivals since 15 June 2023 and Wallonia from 1 September 2023 individuals should use plastic cups.VAMI 2024 Flemish festivals might ask for an exemption as they had been new to the requirement however in it was determined that by and huge everybody would use reusable cups besides Tomorrowland.Tomorrowland used disposable cups and is now fined 500,000 euros a day for every day it fails to adjust to the principles with a most wonderful set at 2 million euros.
How is Belgian society adapting to the reusable cup mandate?
In 2021 Ecocup which is in Liège let 20 million of its usable cups rental cups. Said Christophe Lampertz the Director of Ecocup Belgium they count on to rent about 25 to twenty-eight million cups subsequent 12 months. The demand for his or her providers and merchandise is rising as proven by this enhance in leases. OVAM identified that if the cups are reused ten instances the environmental profit is evident. This consists of transporting cups to and from washing amenities defined Jan Verheyen who speaks for the Dutch talking a part of Belgiums authorities.assertion by Jan Verheyen who speaks for Dutch talking a part of Belgiums authorities. OVAM additionally talked about the large lower in trash. Events just like the Ghent Festivities produce 40% much less leftover waste and avenue cleaners decide up 60% much less trash due to reusable cups. At music festivals the waste discount is even larger reaching 63% per particular person. When organizers use a deposit system 90 to 95% of cups are returned. Without a deposit the return charge is between 70 to 90%.
