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Landfill — air emissions of selected pollutants from 2010-2020, indexed to 2010

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Emissions reported to European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) of 3 pollutants (CO2, NH3, CH4), and number of reporting facilities. Emissions from 2010-2020, indexed to 2010. Activity covered: 5d in annex I of the E-PRTR Regulation (‘Landfills (excluding landfills of inert waste and landfills which were closed before 16.7.2001 or for which the after-care phase required by the competent authorities according to Article 13 of the Landfill Directive); receiving 10 tonnes per day or with a total capacity of 25 000 tonnes’).

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Methodology:: Emissions data reported to E-PRTR. Emissions indexed to 2010. There has been an outlier removal and data cleaning exercise on the original/official reported data, based on assessing the average emissions reported by other landfills and the landfill in question which had produced an outlier, and apply expert judgment on each data point.
Units:: Emissions: Index (2010=1)
Number of reporting facilities: Number
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
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There has been an outlier removal and data cleaning exercise on the original/official reported data.

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