European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR)

Title:

Resource Type:

web links

Producers or distributor

European Environment Agncy (EEA)

Author / Producer Type:

Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body

Web link for product information:

http://prtr.ec.europa.eu/

EUGRIS Keyword(s):

Contaminated land-->stats, registers, inventories etc
Diffuse pollution-->Monitoring
Diffuse pollution-->Sources

Short description:

The European Commission and the European Environment Agency today launched a comprehensive new European pollutant release and transfer register – E-PRTR. The register contains information about the quantity and location of pollutants released to air, water and land by industrial facilities throughout Europe. It includes annual data for 91 substances and covers more than 24 000 facilities in 65 economic activities. It also provides additional information, such as the amount and types of waste transferred from facilities to waste handlers both inside and outside each country.

Link to Organisation(s):

EEA European Environment Agency

Link to News Items(s):

Pollution: new European register gives public access to information on emissions from European industrial facilities

Submitted By:

Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat? Last update: 10/11/2009