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Région Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijke Gewest;
Location of affected unit(s)
Anderlecht
Sector
Utilities Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management And Remediation Activities Waste Collection, Treatment And Disposal Activities; Materials Recovery 38 - Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 August 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Les Petits Riens is a social organisation collecting, sorting and selling used clothing, furniture and small objects. The organisation has built a new sorting centre in Anderlecht. The new centre is doubling the total capacity of textile sorting from 3,000 tonnes to 6,000 tonnes and is creating 100 new jobs.
Sources
5 August 2015: RTBF.be
5 August 2015: Agence Belga
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Les Petits Riens, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 84484, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84484.
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