Who we are

Fost Plus is the driving force behind the circular economy for household packaging in Belgium. Together with citizens, businesses, governments and partners, we build sustainable material chains by focusing on the prevention, reuse and recycling of packaging. In our Activity Report, you will discover how we put this into practice every day.

Sustainable materials management

The awareness that our production and consumption habits are placing an excessive burden on the environment is widespread in society. Resources and materials are valuable but not infinite. With and through Fost Plus, the packaging companies are taking a leading role in encouraging everyone to embrace sustainable materials management.

Fost Plus aims to bring about this change of hearts and minds in favour of circularity. After all, the more we design, reuse, repair, preserve or recycle sustainably, the more we can maintain everything of value. Everyone has a role to play here. Our goal is to facilitate, accelerate, improve and innovate this transition.

Our role in society

Fost Plus was set up in 1994 to fulfil its members' take-back obligation. We therefore created efficient structures so that members of the public can sort correctly anytime, anywhere; together with the companies concerned, we improved packaging design in order to improve recycling; we developed a local recycling chain.

But the world is changing and so is our role. From design and (re)use to recycling; wherever raw materials are used to make (packaging) materials, we aim to ensure that this can be done in a sustainable, infinite chain. Fost Plus is ISO9001 certified. This shows to our partners that our processes meet international standards and that we place great focus on continuous improvement.

What happens to your packaging?

With the material sheets, we offer a unique look behind the scenes of packaging recycling. For each material, you will find more explanations on recycling objectives, processes, destinations and applications.