Guidance

Pollution inventory reporting: general and sector guidance

How to report releases and transfers from industrial activities that the Environment Agency regulates.

Applies to England

Documents

Cement and lime: pollution inventory reporting

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Chemicals: pollution inventory reporting

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Chemical treatment of waste (including oil): pollution inventory reporting

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Combustion activities: pollution inventory reporting

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Incineration activities: pollution inventory reporting

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Landfill: pollution inventory reporting

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Mining and quarrying: pollution inventory reporting

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Oil estimator tool: workbook for estimating emissions from oil treatment plants

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Radioactive waste: use the guidance at the end of Form PI (RSR)

Refineries: pollution inventory reporting

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Waste transfer station: pollution inventory reporting

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Details

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 the EPR 2010
  • 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 under EPR 2016 or EPR 2010

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 20 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Update to pollution inventory guidance reporting codes to include the addition of 3 new EWC waste codes.

  5. Added 1 PDF: Pollution inventory reporting - general guidance notes Deleted 1 PDF as out of date; EPRTR Pollution inventory reporting - Guidance notes

  6. First published.