The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) is a

Pollutant Release and Transfer Register A pollutant release and transfer register (PRTR) is a system for collecting and disseminating information about environmental releases and transfers of hazardous substances from industrial and other facilities. PRTRs were established in several co ...

providing access to information on the annual

emissions Emission may refer to: Chemical products * Emission of air pollutants, notably: **Flue gas, gas exiting to the atmosphere via a flue ** Exhaust gas, flue gas generated by fuel combustion ** Emission of greenhouse gases, which absorb and emit rad ...

of industrial facilities in the Member States of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

(EU), as well as

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. EPER collects data about the emissions of 12,000 facilities in the 25 EU Member States. Data are available by country, by pollutant, by activity (sector), air and water (direct or via a sewerage system).

References

External links

European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR)
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European Pollutant Emission Register

EPER in Google Earth

Centre for PRTR Data (OECD)

Resource Centre for PRTR Release Estimation Techniques (OECD)

PRTR Virtual Classroom (UNITAR)

Pollutant release inventories and registers European Union and the environment Government databases of the European Union