Fight against incivilities
The City of Brussels has a plan to fight againt incivilities. The goal is double: attacking the incivilities which reduce the efficiency of the work of the Cleaning Service, and make the city more beautiful again for its inhabitants.
- More than 100 sworn officers (about 70 for the Public Cleaning Service and about 30 for the Green Spaces Service) apply the tax regulation on incivilities (PDF, 355.25 KB) (in French)
- The police applies the General Police Regulations
- The police and the Public Cleaning Service can cooperate
5,929 taxes have been drawn up for the year 2021, all violations together in the field of public cleaning.
Incivility | Tax (Public Cleaning and police) |
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Illegal dumping | 500 euros per m³ |
Debris, household chemical waste,... | 1000 euros per m³ |
Waste bag or container taken out outside authorized hours and places | 100 euros per unit |
Cardboard taken out outside authorized hours and places | 100 euros per m³ |
Unfolded cardboard | 150 euros per m³ |
Unauthorized waste bag | 150 euros per bag |
Abusive filling of a public waste basket | 150 euros |
Tags and graffiti | 500 euros per m² |
Posters or stickers | 100 euros per unit |
Human waste | 250 euros |
Cigarette butt, chewing gum | 200 euros |
Spitting | 50 euros |
Dog waste, throwing away cans, food on the ground and other dirt | 200 euros |
No maintenance of sidewalks, terraces | 25 euros per running meter |
at the foot of a tree or in a drain | +50 euros per unit |
in a green space | x 2 |