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Pollutant Emissions / 2014 70% open

Bulgaria


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 (RDF)
  •   Available in bulk? Yes
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

The data is available as part of an online registry. It includes information on the industrial/agricultural installations that emit pollution and the pollution generated from each one. The data is submitted to the EEA and can be downloaded as part of the full RDF dataset: http://prtr.ec.europa.eu/pgDownloadDataSet.aspx

Reviewer comments

Submission accepted.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Rayna St

Submitters

  • Boyan Yurukov