Why isn't the orange bag biodegradable?

The orange bag is not biodegradable. Food waste is very moist, and the process of degrading the bags would be inconvenient for citizens (start of the degradation process) and for the collection in terms of cleanliness.

This is why the bags are separated from the food waste and recycled to produce energy. For more information, visit: https://www.bru-energie.be/EN/

Biodegradable packaging cannot be processed at the biogas plant. The decomposition time for such packaging, in its entirety and in large quantities, is much longer than for food waste.