Bonjour Maurice designs and sells ethical reversible clothes for children. What makes them special? They simplify life for parents and increase child autonomy.
Coucou is a dress, jacket and accessories rental shop. It’s an amazing wardrobe where you can find the perfect outfit for every occasion.
Isatió recovers textile industry samples and transforms them into clothing and accessories collections for women. Unique pieces handmade in Brussels.
La Gadoue is a design and artisan studio specialising in the reuse of textiles.
La Ritournelle proves that used clothing can be high-quality, colourful, and unique. A used clothing, games and accessories shop for children up to eight years old.
Marcel & Fifi is an online site for quality second-hand clothing and toys for children 0 to 8 years old.
Orybany supports creators and projects working to design more ethical and sustainable fashion. This space brings together an original selection of clothing, jewellery and accessories. The Orybany workshop is also a multi-purpose space for sharing and meeting dedicated to creative workshops, events and ephemeral exhibitions.
Within Oxfam-Solidarity, the 2nd hand department is responsible for collecting, sorting and selling items. We focus on 4 product groups: textiles, books, informatics and brocante. The profits of our department go to the projects of Oxfam-Solidarity.
R-Use Fabrik collects old fabric from private individuals and companies for reuse. Once sorted, the fabric is sold in its eco-responsible haberdashery shop where the guiding principles are upcycling and the circular economy.
Yuso is Belgian leather goods brand which offers limited series luxury handbags and fashion accessories. The handbags are made by hand by a Belgian leather craftsman. Yuso works with surplus leather from tanneries, leather craftsmen and other creators to preserve the planet and its resources.
Aquaponie BXL designs and installs aquaponics systems. From small aquariums to 10 m³ basins, indoors and outdoors, for a few aromatic plants to large-scale vegetable production and, of course, fish farming.
“Who said progress can’t be festive? Not them! Beerfood fights against food waste by reusing the grains that were used to make beer to turn them into delicious crackers. In their Aperitif Baskets, they combine these crackers with craft beers and tapenades, to offer an explosion of flavors! A few words to define Beerfood: a unique tasting experience, a great action for the planet, support for local Belgian producers and promotion of innovation!”
BEES coop is the first cooperative, participative and non-profit supermarket in Brussels. The model is based on a triple commitment from its members. The co-operator is: an owner, employee and customer.
BeCook opens its professional kitchens so that new entrepreneurs can test their concept under real conditions, adapt it if required, take advantage of the expert advice of food processing experts and pool ingredient, packaging and logistics purchasing.
Boentje Café is the first zero-waste café in Brussels. It combines local suppliers and fitting out and decoration using recycled products. The Boentje café team is also behind the “BOK” returnable food container system which is used by many restaurants in Brussels.
BulkBar provides companies with a complete, easy and healthy snack solution for their employees in bulk via zero-waste distributors for nuts, dried fruit and grains from organic farming.
eFarmz is an e-commerce platform which wants to bring Belgian foods back to our tables and to support local, sustainable producers via an initiative that short-circuits supermarkets.
EnVie prepares soups from surplus fresh vegetables supplied by Belgian farmers. The soups are prepared by people who are returning to the job market after a long period of unemployment.
FruitCollect harvests fruit and vegetables from private individuals and farmers to promote and sell them through a committed network.
The Fruitopia non-profit’s primary business is the use of unsold produce (fruits and vegetables) via processing into long-shelf life preserves (jams, compotes, chutneys, etc.) to avoid food waste and promote the circular economy. Fruitopia also organises a range of activities to raise awareness about the stakes involved in food waste: information stands, anti-waste cooking and preserving and team building workshops.
Fyteko is a young, innovative green chemistry company. It has developed a biostimulant, an ecological product which modifies certain metabolic parameters of plants to help make crops more resistant and better able to recover following periods of abiotic stress.
The Champignon de Bruxelles uses brewery draff, a by-product of beer brewing, to grow mushrooms in cellars in Cureghem.
Lili Bulk prepares dried, 100% organic foods sold in returnable jars. A great solution for a quick, healthy and sustainable meal.
Mad Lab makes organic Belgium crackers and biscuits. Some of the products are made using brewery draff.
Mon cafetier is based on a short circuit logic with as few intermediaries between producer and consumer as possible. To ensure freshness, the coffee is custom roasted in an artisanal workshop in Brussels and mailed directly to consumers every month.
PermaFungi is a unique mushroom farm. It recycles coffee grounds to produce oyster mushrooms, Belgian endive, organic compost and innovative materials.
Roots is a 100% organic and circular food store where products are fully traceable. Products are sold in bulk and guaranteed zero waste.
Skyfarms creates links, enriches company dynamics and improves the quality of life at work with collaborative company vegetable gardens.
Terroirist is a cooperative that helps shops, restaurants, and other Brussels food professionals join forces to create their own direct supply structure with market gardeners, producers and processors who respect human values and nature.
Urban Harvest is a Brussels start-up which produces organic herbs in a vertical farm.
Batiterre is a construction industry project resulting from a partnership between Batigroupe and Groupe Terre. The consignment shop concept enables the collection or extraction of worksite materials and their sale at reduced prices.
BC Materials transforms the earth from worksites into raw earth construction materials, such as compressed earth blocks (CEB), coatings and rammed earth. The materials are carbon neutral and provide a healthy environment in buildings.
Communa promotes the temporary use of empty buildings and provides them to the commons. The entire venture is participative and collective.
Design with sense is a collective design and co-creation approach for indoor spaces. Practices: local supply, eco-design, reuse and use of sustainable materials.
Dzerostudio Architectes is an architect’s firm which develops innovative circular economy concepts and projects on different scales. The approach ranges from research to product sales while maintaining control throughout the value chain in order to optimise circularity. Prototypes, particularly of furniture and building systems, are developed with worksite waste and materials from DzeroStudio building demolition sites.
Entrakt is the meeting between a temporary vacancy in a building and a temporary need for space: start-ups, housing, creative projects…A winning solution for all parties: owner, user and neighbourhood!
MODS and their accessories are designed to be easy to assemble and take apart and to be reused many times. Their extreme modularity means that they can be made into any type of temporary structure imaginable. Counters, podiums, partitions, bars…MODS reinvents itself with each use based on people’s needs.
Trait Déco restores furniture and decorates business premises eco-responsibly (environmentally-friendly techniques and materials).
RotorDC takes apart and recovers materials from worksites. They are then recycled and reused for new worksites or sold as single pieces to building contractors and private individuals.
Les Ateliers de la rue Voot proposent un vélo aux enfants: de la draisienne au 24 pouces. A chaque étape de l’enfance, un vélo… et de la place dans le garage car ici on utilise un vélo, on n’en devient pas propriétaire.
CYCAD provides electric bicycles made in Brussels using Belgian and French bamboo. Its customers use the bicycles but don’t own them. CYCAD provides servicing and maintenance for the bicycles and replaces them if they are stolen.
Cyclo does everything to make sure that cyclists stay on the right path, to ensure that unused bicycles get back onto Brussels’ streets and that all reusable bicycle parts that have been thrown away are used again.
SUMY is a sustainable logistics and environmentally-friendly mobility consulting company.
Urbike is a company specialising in bicycle logistics providing delivery services for all types of goods in Brussels.
Fais-le-toi-même is a materials library, an open-access work space for experienced people and a creation support space for novices. Its goal is to make people independent via manual and creative know-how.
Konligo enables events managers to stand out at their customers’ and their own events with attractive reusable structures (stands and tents) which require less than an hour to set up rather than days.
Les Débrouillardes organises DIY classes to help everyone take care of their little everyday home worries themself.
Looops collects and repairs used toys and gives them a new life with the help of a sheltered workshop. The toys can be bought or rented and are available via three different distribution channels: private individuals, companies and non-profits.
CF2D reuses Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment via activities in the social economy and environmental fields: collection, repair and recycling of computer equipment.
La Ferme Nos Pilifs aims to provide quality jobs to Brussels residents with disabilities. Since its creation, it has always worked to find alternative and environmentally-friendly solutions to ensure that its activities are as respectful of its surroundings and of the environment as possible.
Lumency provides connected systems (sensors and applications) to transform buildings into smart buildings and improve their efficiency.
Mister Genius is a collection and resale point for second-hand and unused computers and computers to be recycled. These are, in fact, puzzle experts who transform electronic waste into bespoke computers.
Resortecs® has developed sewing thread and rivets that can be dissolved and taken apart at high temperatures, replacing traditional thread which makes recycling clothes difficult. Resortecs® has built a disassembly oven to run the process on an industrial scale. It can process 4 million items of clothing a year.
Shayp has designed an innovative technology to detect and measure the cost of water leaks in pipes and to automatically put the user (private individuals and companies) in contact with a plumber. It makes saving water and reducing bills a smart and easy decision.
Shoe Shine & More offers shoe care services for private individuals and for company work and safety shoes. Shoes Shine & More repairs, maintains and gives a new life to shoes. The goal: to save on resources, reduce expenses and increase comfort.
Studio Hier is a design and graphic design studio which develops and creates branding for business sustainably and via local production. It manages display windows, billposting, signage, totems, billboards and signs.
Superzeró’s goal is to make the distribution of 100% zero-waste liquids as accessible as possible. An automatic liquids vending machine was developed and installed in shops for this purpose. We sell products from Belgian producers via the vending machines.
No more items used just once a year collecting in garages, basements and attics. Usitoo is a new kind of object lending library. It’s a simple, cost-effective, sustainable system with no deposit and local delivery.
Lokado is a sustainable gift voucher system which promotes short circuits in and around Brussels. A rechargeable wood card with seeds provides access to experiences, visits, tastings, workshops and team building activities with Lokado partners.
L’ouvroir recycles all types of textiles, paper, cardboard and objects using assembly and clothes-making techniques. The sheltered workshop also works with designers to create prototypes.
MCA Recycling offers tailored solutions to facilitate company waste sorting and management. Organic waste, paper, cans, plastic, toner, neon lights…MCA recycles and transforms waste into new resources thanks to its collection system and sorting centre.
Merciki facilitates the exchange of goods and services for private individuals and companies that want to commit to a sustainable mode of operation. Merciki is developing a local solidarity ecosystem in which exchanges are free thanks to the Merci, the complementary money used on the intuitive, efficient digital platform. Users post adverts describing what they have available or are looking for. Each time a user helps out or gives an item, they receive Mercis which they can then use to get what they need.
Mixua offers a sustainable lifestyle in Brussels. From eco-tours of Brussels’ neighbourhoods to team building to a selection of zero-waste products that can be purchased online.
The Lemon Spoon is a guide for a slow lifestyle. Slow down to inspire, inform and challenge people and companies on environmental and social issues. A catalogue of sustainable fashion and food brands and practical advice to test at home based on an eco-responsible consumption charter.
Waio is an eco-responsible and ethical marketplace which develops the visibility of online sellers and provides a unique website for customers who want to buy more sustainable goods.
Yuman brings together a circular and sustainable product and services offering for daily life in one place. It offers another way of consuming thanks to innovative solutions created by local entrepreneurs.