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Ostend makes food-waste collection mandatory with seagull-proof bins

From VRT NWS · () Dutch

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  • Ostend will introduce mandatory separate collection of garden, fruit and vegetable waste, along with food scraps, next month.
  • The city received extra time to design a system that limits seagulls' access to waste bags.
  • Waste policy alderwoman Judith Ooms says the new seagull-resistant bin will address the problem.

Ostend will make separate collection of garden, fruit and vegetable waste, together with food scraps, mandatory next month.

The city is one of the last in Flanders to switch to the system. It received an extension from the Flemish government to develop an approach that would give seagulls as little opportunity as possible to tear open waste bags.

The centerpiece of that approach is a new seagull-resistant food-waste bin. Judith Ooms, the Vooruit alderwoman responsible for waste policy, sees it as the solution to the nuisance.

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Originally published by VRT NWS in Dutch. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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