Animated Bruxelles Propreté waste-sorting mascots, one per bag colour, campaign identity by SIGN

Campagne "Tri des déchets"

Campagne "Tri des déchets"

Client

Bruxelles Propreté

YEAR

2023

Project type

Making waste sorting playful, one mascot at a time.

TEAM

Marion Leroux
Carole Mannekens
Steffen Fredholm

Project overview

Waste sorting doesn't have to feel like a lecture. Bruxelles Propreté already had its mascots. One per bag type, built by an Argentine 3D designer and needed an identity that could carry the information without carrying the fatigue.

We selected the font to match the tone: rounded, almost childlike, so the essentials read in a glance. A second, louder typeface handles the onomatopoeia — the *pfft*, the *clonk* — because attention, in this line of work, has to be earned one sound effect at a time.

The branding initially developed here was broadened into becoming the visual identity system of Bruxelles Propreté as a whole.

Waste sorting doesn't have to feel like a lecture. Bruxelles Propreté already had its mascots. One per bag type, built by an Argentine 3D designer and needed an identity that could carry the information without carrying the fatigue.

We selected the font to match the tone: rounded, almost childlike, so the essentials read in a glance. A second, louder typeface handles the onomatopoeia — the *pfft*, the *clonk* — because attention, in this line of work, has to be earned one sound effect at a time.

The branding initially developed here was broadened into becoming the visual identity system of Bruxelles Propreté as a whole.

The five 3D Bruxelles Propreté bag mascots in white, blue, green, yellow and orange
The five 3D Bruxelles Propreté bag mascots in white, blue, green, yellow and orange
Stack of Bruxelles Propreté Votre guide waste-sorting booklets with the mascots on the cover
Open Bruxelles Propreté guide explaining the yellow and green bags with figures in kg
Bruxelles Propreté visual asking Quels déchets dans votre sac bleu ? with packaging icons
Bruxelles Propreté Miam ! poster with the orange food-waste mascot in a bus shelter
Row of Bruxelles Propreté campaign posters with the mascots pasted on a city wall
Blue bag mascot beside the list of plastic, metal and carton packaging that goes in it
Orange bag mascot and food-waste bin with the list of accepted kitchen waste
Yellow bag mascot with the paper and cardboard sorting rules on a yellow background
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SIGN is an independent branding studio based in Brussels, Belgium. We specialise in brand strategy, brand positioning, visual identity, verbal identity, editorial design, digital identity, design systems and creative direction. We work with cultural institutions, hospitality brands, public organisations and businesses seeking distinctive, long-lasting identities.

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Brussels

SIGN is an independent branding studio based in Brussels, Belgium. We specialise in brand strategy, brand positioning, visual identity, verbal identity, editorial design, digital identity, design systems and creative direction. We work with cultural institutions, hospitality brands, public organisations and businesses seeking distinctive, long-lasting identities.

Interested in working with us?

SIGN is a Brussels-based branding studio based. We specialise in brand strategy, brand positioning, visual identity, verbal identity, editorial design, digital identity, design systems and creative direction. We work with cultural institutions, hospitality brands, public organisations and businesses seeking distinctive, long-lasting identities.

© SIGN 2026
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Brussels

Interested in working with us?

SIGN is a Brussels-based branding studio based. We specialise in brand strategy, brand positioning, visual identity, verbal identity, editorial design, digital identity, design systems and creative direction. We work with cultural institutions, hospitality brands, public organisations and businesses seeking distinctive, long-lasting identities.

Our office

SIGN is an independent branding studio based in Brussels, Belgium. We specialise in brand strategy, brand positioning, visual identity, verbal identity, editorial design, digital identity, design systems and creative direction. We work with cultural institutions, hospitality brands, public organisations and businesses seeking distinctive, long-lasting identities.

© SIGN 2026