Tweet Facebook Mail Three fast food giants have been fined after individual outlets in Melbourne allowed cooking oil and waste liquids to enter storm drains. Victoria's Environment Protection Authority said it had written to the head offices of McDonald's, Hungry Jacks, and KFC after the pollution reports. A KFC outlet in Moonee Ponds was fined $5769 after a staff member was photographed allowing the contents of a container to spill out the shop's back door and down into the drain, the watchdog said.
READ MORE: Matthew Perry's bleak last words revealed A McDonald's, a KFC, and a Hungry Jack's in Melbourne have all been fined by the EPA. (AP/9News) The store was also fined $1920 for littering offences. "KFC Australia takes its responsibilities regarding environmental protection seriously and has spoken with the restaurant to reiterate that our industry-safe processes need to be followed," a KFC spokesperson said.
"While this was a one-off incident, we are communicating to all our restaurants to ensure best practice is adhered to and issues like this don't happen again." A Hungry Jacks store in Preston did not manage its waste liquids, including cooking oil, the EPA said, which was released into stormwater drains. The store was issued an improvement notice and fined $3846.
"Earlier this year, staff at Hungry Jack's Preston restaurant observed a spill from a leaking waste oil collection tank and immediately conducted a clean-up followed by further remedial action," a spoke.