Report an environmental incident

You can call the Scottish Environment Protection Agency incident hotline to report:

• damage or danger to the natural environment
• pollution to water or land
• poaching or illegal fishing
• dead fish or fish gasping for air
• watercourses blocked by a vehicle or fallen tree causing risk of flooding
• flooding from main rivers or the sea
• illegal dumping of hazardous waste or large amounts of industrial waste
• incidents at Scottish Environment Protection Agency-regulated and Environment Agency-regulated waste sites
• illegal removals from watercourses
• unusual changes in river flow
• collapsed or badly damaged river or canal banks

Incident hotline
Telephone: 0800 80 70 60
24-hour service
Find out about call charges

You can also report an environmental incident on the Scottish Environment Protection Agency website