Cleanliness. City fights against illegal dumping

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The Plan to fight incivilities came into effect in October 2007. This plan establishes a municipal tax on the disrespectful behavior on the public place. 'Secret operations' are held every week to fight against illegal dumping, urinating in public, dog dirt,... Since November 2008, 35 operations were organized in 7 different districts. These operations engendered 822 questionings. All in all, 516 taxes for incivility in cleanliness were raised.

Illegal dumping

The agents of Public cleansing know the ground and the specific problems in every district. For the 'secret operations' they work together with the police. The operations target illegal dumping of garbage, but other incivilities are not forgotten: dog dirt is still present in the Squares district and urinating in public is still a problem in the city centre. In Laeken and on the Chaussée d'Anvers, illegal dumping of garbage is the biggest problem. So far, 6.596 'taxes' or fines have been raised to tackle all these problems.