The European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) is a Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers are systems to collect and disseminate information on environmental releases and transfers of toxic chemicals from industrial and other facilities....

 providing access to information on the annual emissions

Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...

 of industrial facilities in the Member States of the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 (EU), as well as Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. This has since been replaced and improved upon by the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR).

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).

External links

• European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR)
• 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)
• PRTR Capacity Building Library (UNITAR)