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In recent years, the public's "right to know" has moved to the forefront of environmental policy making, and OECD is supporting governments' response by helping them develop databases of releases and transfers of pollutants to the environment, called PRTRs.
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23-Jul-2008
This document intends to provide a “snapshot” of how OECD countries have developed and run their PRTR programmes. It shows the similarities and differences across countries in their requirements to collect and display high quality data, which is required for an effective PRTR system. It also presents compliance and regulatory requirements, the development of guidance material, and emerging issues and challenges for the future.
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09-Nov-2005
This document provides general principles to be applied in producing comparable and representative PRTR data and in the selection and application of estimation techniques. Three case studies provide detailed information on practical applications. The document complements the information of the Resource Compendium and the Resource Centre for Release Estimation Techniques
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13-May-2008
This study provides an insight on whether a systematic inclusion of releases and transfers from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in national PRTRs would improve the current knowledge of industrial pollution as a whole. The study concludes that in order to be able to cover the remaining releases and transfers from SMEs, diffuse sources should be included in PRTRs.
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23-Jun-2006
This database was developed by the Task Force on PRTRs, which is part of the OECD's Environment, Health and Safety Programme. Japan served as a lead country in its development. The purpose of this database is to share PRTR data as widely as possible within the OECD area, consistent with the OECD Council Recommendation C(96)41/Final, as amended by C(2003)87. The data is compiled on a national or regional level. The database does not include data of individual sites or facilities. The database will be updated on a regular basis.
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