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Visitors to Leuven’s Hapje-Tapje food festival produced just 184 kilograms of residual waste, a 98% drop

From VRT NWS · () Dutch

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  • About 60,000 visitors to Leuven’s Hapje-Tapje food festival generated 184 kilograms of residual waste.
  • The total fell 98% from the 8.9 tonnes collected at the festival in 2015.
  • Alderman Thomas Van Oppens attributed the reduction to a combination of measures.

Leuven’s Hapje-Tapje food festival produced only 184 kilograms of residual waste despite attracting about 60,000 visitors last month.

That represents a 98% reduction from the 8.9 tonnes collected at the festival in 2015.

“The sharp decline is the result of a combination of measures,” said Thomas Van Oppens, Leuven’s alderman responsible for waste policy.

The sharp decline is the result of a combination of measures

· Thomas Van OppensLeuven’s waste-policy alderman explained the festival’s reduction in residual waste.
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