Manrup Pty Ltd fined for spilling waste from moving truck

A trucking company in Lalor has been slapped with heavy fines for dumping tonnes of soil on a busy Melbourne road.

The environmental regulator fined Manrup Pty Ltd for spilling waste on Melbourne's roads.

A Lalor transportation company has been fined almost $10,000 by the environmental watchdog for leaking 19 tonnes of soil from a dump truck.

Manrup Pty Ltd was slapped with $9246 in fines from the EPA after the incident on February 26 this year.

An EPA Victoria spokesperson said the truck was carrying soil from a Westgate Tunnel Project depot at Yarraville to Bulla, northwest of Melbourne.

The truck spilt soil along several kilometres of Bulla Rd, with the Department of Transport taking 13 hours to clean the mess.

EPA officers fined the trucking company for unlawfully depositing waste exceeding the limit of 1000 litres, an offence under the Environment Protection Act 2017.

Under the Environment Protection Act 2017 and the Infringements Act 2006, the operator has the right to have the infringement notice reviewed or be considered by a court.

EPA encourages members of the public to report pollution by calling the 24-hour hotline on 1300 372 842 or providing details online at epa.vic.gov.au/report-pollution/reporting-pollution