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

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

Additional information

There has been an outlier removal and data cleaning exercise on the original/official reported data.

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

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