EU POLLUTION REGISTER

BY KEITH NUTHALLThe first report of the new European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) which was created earlier this year says that in Europe "a high proportion of industrial pollution is caused by a few single plants." The report, which initially covers emissions in the 15 EU countries, Norway and Hungary in the year 2001, is soon to be upgraded to a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register which will significantly widen the range of pollutants, industries and emissions, will report every year instead of every third one and will take data from road ...


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