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Pollutant Emissions / 2013 60% open

Spain


What data is expected?

Aggregate data about the emission of air pollutants especially those potentially harmful to human health (although it is not a requirement to include information on greenhouse gas emissions). Aggregate means national-level or available for at least three major cities. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data must be available for the following pollutants and meet the following minimum criteria:

  • Particulate matter (PM) Levels
  • Sulphur oxides (SOx)
  • Nitrogen oxides (NOx)
  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
  • Carbon monoxide (CO)
  • Updated on at least once a week.
  • Measured either at a national level by regions or at leasts in 3 big cities.

What data is available

  •   Openly licensed? Unsure (No URL given)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data machine readable? Yes (xml)
  •   Available in bulk? Yes
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Unsure
  •   Publicly available? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

PRTR emissions data for Spain. PRTRs are a type of emission inventories, typically containing data on waste and emissions to the environment from individual industrial facilities. This data are being collected as result of the application of European Union (2006). Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC, Official Journal of the European Union, L 33, 4.2.2006 More info: About PRTR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollutant_Release_and_Transfer_Register PRTR Spain: http://www.prtr-es.es/ PRTR waste data: http://www.prtr-es.es/informes/descargasResiduos.aspx PRTR pollutants data: http://www.prtr-es.es/informes/descargas.aspx

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