Fine for littering from a vehicle

You break the law when you litter from your car or vehicle. You're also responsible if a passenger litters from your vehicle.

We investigate when someone reports littering from a vehicle. We fine companies and individuals who litter from a vehicle.

For a small item of litter like a cigarette butt or food packaging:

• a person is fined $395
• a company is fined $1976.

For dangerous litter like a lit cigarette:

• a person is fined $790
• a company is fined $3952.
  

What to do if you get a littering fine

If you get a littering fine, you can:

• pay your fine
  
• apply to have your fine reviewed
• ask to take your fine to court
• nominate the responsible person if it was not you.

Pay your vehicle littering fine

Visit Pay a fee or fine.

Apply to have your fine reviewed

You may be able to have your fine reviewed. Visit Review your fine.

Ask to take your fine to court

You can ask for your fine to be heard at court so a magistrate or judge can decide what happens.

Send your request in writing:

• by email to contact@epa.vic.gov.au, or
• by post to EPA Victoria, GPO Box 4395, Melbourne VIC 3001.

Nominate the responsible person

If you did not litter from your vehicle, tell us who did.

You will need to complete this form.

Download the form and follow these steps:

1. Tell us who's responsible

If you're not the person responsible for the litter, tell us who is.

For example, you can tell us if someone had borrowed your car when the littering happened.

We need the person’s full name and current residential address. We send the fine to the person you name.

2. Get an authorised witness for the declaration form

For a list of authorised witnesses, visit JPs, authorised witnesses and notaries public(opens in a new window) on the vic.gov.au website.

Nomination statutory declarations can be witnessed and signed remotely. For more information, visit the Department of Justice and Community Safety(opens in a new window) website.

3. Send us the completed form

Send the completed form by:

• email a scanned copy of your declaration to contact@epa.vic.gov.au, or
• post your declaration to EPA Victoria, GPO Box 4395, Melbourne VIC 3001.
  

Be aware that sending us a nomination statutory declaration with false or misleading information is breaking the law.

If it’s not safe to name the person who littered from the vehicle

Fines Victoria may be able to withdraw your fine if you cannot name the person who littered because of family violence.

To find out if you can get your fine withdrawn, contact the Family Violence Scheme. You can:

• apply online at Fines Victoria(opens in a new window)
• contact Fines Victoria on 1300 019 983.

Litter fines

We can issue fines to individuals or companies.

Fines are described in units. To understand how we calculate our fines, visit Fees.