EPA Victoria encourages people to report litter using the new mobile site that makes the process even faster.
It’s led to a strong response to our state-wide Summertime Litter Campaign, with more than 50,000 Victorians signing up to report litter.
Reporting is easy, all you need is a description of the item littered such as cigarette, bottle, apple core or plastic bag and details about the driver and vehicle.
Here’s a checklist:
- Who? Car details, rego, colour, driver or passenger, gender of litterer
- What? Lit or unlit cigarette or if not a cigarette please describe the litter. Was it a bottle, can? Food wrapper?
- When? Exact time and date of offence
- Where? Where was the car, what road was it travelling on, in which suburb? What intersection was closest?
- How? How was the litter deposited – thrown from vehicle, dropped before exiting vehicle or dropped before getting into a car.
EPA’s public litter reporting service was the first of its kind in Australia, established in 2002. It enables members of the public to report people who throw litter from a Victorian-registered motor vehicle to EPA Victoria. For more information on the Report Litter program visit www.epa.vic.gov.au.
Stop litter where it starts – if you see litter thrown from a vehicle report the offender to EPA Victoria by downloading the app in the Apple or Google Play stores, visiting www.epa.vic.gov.au/reportlitter or by calling 1300 372 842 (1300 EPA VIC).