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Updated September 2026

🗑️ Someone dumped waste or is polluting — who do I report it to?

Direct answer

Fly-tipping, a leaking container, oil in a stream: report to Câmara Municipal / Junta de Freguesia (anmp.pt) — the municipality clears public land and fines when there is evidence (a photo of the plate, a document in the waste). Larger pollution, industrial sites, chemicals, dead fish: Delegado de Saúde / Câmara — vistoria de salubridade (sns.gov.pt), the environmental inspectorate, which has a 24-hour line in most countries. Dumping in progress with a vehicle: Queixa Eletrónica — PSP / GNR (queixaselectronicas.mai.gov.pt) — do not confront.

Call firstCâmara Municipal / Junta de Freguesia
Report toDelegado de Saúde / Câmara — vistoria de salubridade
If that failsQueixa Eletrónica — PSP / GNR

🗣️ What to say

"At [location] there is [dumped waste / a pollution: what], since [date/time]. [Plate / description of vehicle or person if seen.] Photos attached. Please remove it and investigate; I can be contacted at [number] / anonymously."

🪜 Step by step

  1. Photograph, do not touchWide and close shots; anything with a name or plate. Do not search through it.
  2. Report: Câmara Municipal / Junta de FreguesiaOnline form or app; the municipality clears public land within days.
  3. Pollution: Delegado de Saúde / Câmara — vistoria de salubridadeChemicals, oil, smoke, smell from a site, water discoloration — the inspectorate, immediately.
  4. In progress: Queixa Eletrónica — PSP / GNRA vehicle unloading: police, with the plate. Do not confront.
  5. Private landThe owner must clear it; the municipality can order and fine. Report anyway.

📇 All contacts

Câmara Municipal / Junta de FreguesiaNuisances, roads, waste, certificates, lost propertyFor anything the municipality handles🔗 www.anmp.pt
Delegado de Saúde / Câmara — vistoria de salubridadeUnhealthy housing, damp, pests, noiseWhen health is at risk at home🔗 www.sns.gov.pt
Queixa Eletrónica — PSP / GNROnline criminal complaint, case number immediatelyAlways — the basis for bank, insurer and platform🔗 queixaselectronicas.mai.gov.pt
IGAMAOT / SEPNA — GNREnvironmental inspection and SOS hotlinePollution, discharges, waste📞 808 200 520🔗 www.igamaot.gov.pt

❓ Frequently asked

Can I be fined for waste dumped in front of my house?

Not if you report it and it is not yours. Reporting protects you.

Asbestos or drums of chemicals

Stay away, keep children and pets away, report to Delegado de Saúde / Câmara — vistoria de salubridade as hazardous. Specialist removal is arranged by the authority.

A neighbour burns rubbish

Prohibited nearly everywhere; report to Câmara Municipal / Junta de Freguesia with times and photos of the smoke; repeated burning goes to Delegado de Saúde / Câmara — vistoria de salubridade.

📎 Sources

Last checked: 2026-09-26

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