You must report to the pollution inventory if you:
operate under a part A(1) environmental permit and have received a notice under Regulation 61(1) of the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) 2016 or Regulation 60 of theEPR2010
operate a sewage treatment works with a capacity at, or over, 100,000 population equivalents
run an opencast mine or quarry with a surface area over 25 hectares, or an underground mine and related operation (no capacity threshold)
dispose of radioactive waste to air, water or sewers covered by a permit issued underEPR2016 orEPR2010
The pollution inventory reporting collection page gives information about the pollution inventory electronic data capture (PIEDC) system and other forms you can use to submit your data.
Published 1 January 2008 Last updated 19 April 2024 +show all updates
Updated the guidance notes for 'Pollution inventory reporting - intensive farming'. Part 2: releases to air has been updated to include guidance on nitrogen oxides. Part 6 has also been updated, the ammonia emission factor from poultry housing has been updated for cage with deep pit manure storage beneath from 0.29 to 0.21, and for perchery with deep litter from 0.29 to 0.21.
Updated the guidance for the food and drink sector.
Added updated HTML versions of 'General guidance', 'Technical guidance and equations', 'Reporting codes list', 'Ferrous and non-ferrous metals', 'Food and drink', 'Intensive farming' and 'Paper and pulp' guidance.
We updated the guidance notes for 'Pollution inventory reporting - incineration activities'. Table 1 has been updated for Total Particulate Matter (TPM) to provide further guidance on how plants using their TPM continuous emissions monitors as indicative monitors can calculate their mass emissions.
We updated the guidance notes for 'Pollution inventory reporting - incineration activities'. The method of estimating emissions of PM10 and PM2.5 has been updated. Advice has been added on how to calculate total particulate matter (TPM) mass emissions at plants who are using their continuous TPM emissions monitors as indicative monitors.
Update to pollution inventory guidance reporting codes to include the addition of 3 new EWC waste codes.
Added 1 PDF: Pollution inventory reporting - general guidance notesDeleted 1 PDF as out of date; EPRTR Pollution inventory reporting - Guidance notes
