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Is there a fine for leaving waste on the street?
Verified 28 June 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Amount to be paid within a specified period following certain traffic offenses and without going through a court. The amount may be reduced or increased depending on the date of payment.
Act prohibited by law and punishable by criminal penalties
Yes, it is forbidden of throw away or to abandon its waste on the street (public or private road). Similarly, it is forbidden to deposit your waste without respecting the collection rules defined by the city council (container, day, time, sorting). In the 2 cases, failure to comply with the prohibition is punished by a fine.
What applies to you ?
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Waste disposal
Depositing, abandoning, throwing or dumping any type of waste on public or private roads is punishable by flat-rate fine.
If you pay immediately or within 45 days of the finding of infringement (or sending the notice of infringement), the fine is €135.
If you pay after this 45-day period, the fine is €375.
If you do not pay the lump sum penalty or if you contest it, the police court is seized.
The judge may decide to impose a fine of €750 maximum (or up to €1,500, with confiscation of vehicle, if you used it to transport the waste).
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After this period, the fine shall be increased to €375.
If you don't pay, the judge can set the fine at €750 maximum (or up to €1,500, with confiscation of the vehicle if you used it to transport the waste).
Non-compliance with waste collection rules
The act of depositing its waste in containers, trash bins, dumpsters, locations without respecting the correct containers, days and times of collection, sorting order is punishable by a flat-rate fine.
If you pay immediately or within 45 days of the finding of infringement (or sending the notice of infringement), the fine is €35.
If you pay after this 45-day period, the fine is €75.
If you do not pay the lump sum penalty or if you contest it, the police court is seized.
In particular, it may decide to impose a fine of €150 maximum.
Please note
if you leave a container or a garbage bin on the street permanently, you risk a fine of €750 maximum.
To find out about the collection rules, you should contact your local council.
