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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 Ayuntamiento — Policía local / atención ciudadana (010) — 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: Servicios de salud pública / inspección de vivienda del ayuntamiento (sanidad.gob.es), the environmental inspectorate, which has a 24-hour line in most countries. Dumping in progress with a vehicle: Policía Nacional — denuncia (091) — do not confront.

Call firstAyuntamiento — Policía local / atención ciudadana
Report toServicios de salud pública / inspección de vivienda del ayuntamiento
If that failsPolicía Nacional — denuncia

🗣️ 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: Ayuntamiento — Policía local / atención ciudadanaOnline form or app; the municipality clears public land within days.
  3. Pollution: Servicios de salud pública / inspección de vivienda del ayuntamientoChemicals, oil, smoke, smell from a site, water discoloration — the inspectorate, immediately.
  4. In progress: Policía Nacional — denunciaA 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

Ayuntamiento — Policía local / atención ciudadanaNuisances, roads, waste, registry, lost propertyFor anything the municipality handles📞 010🔗 www.femp.es
Servicios de salud pública / inspección de vivienda del ayuntamientoUnhealthy housing, damp, pests, noiseWhen health is at risk at home🔗 www.sanidad.gob.es
Policía Nacional — denunciaReport at a station or start online; Guardia Civil cyber unitAlways — the basis for bank, insurer and platform📞 091🔗 www.policia.es/_es/denuncias.php
SEPRONA — Guardia CivilNature protection service, environmental crimeDumping, pollution, harm to nature📞 062🔗 www.guardiacivil.es

❓ 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 Servicios de salud pública / inspección de vivienda del ayuntamiento as hazardous. Specialist removal is arranged by the authority.

A neighbour burns rubbish

Prohibited nearly everywhere; report to Ayuntamiento — Policía local / atención ciudadana with times and photos of the smoke; repeated burning goes to Servicios de salud pública / inspección de vivienda del ayuntamiento.

📎 Sources

Last checked: 2026-09-26

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