Identification

Title

Pollution Inventory

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

There are eight downloadable files for this data; for the years 2013 to 2023 from the resource links. The Pollution Inventory (PI) has been developed to collate information on annual mass releases of specified substances to air controlled waters and sewers as well as quantities of waste transferred off site from large industrial sites regulated by the Agency. This replaced the Chemical Release Inventory (CRI) in 1998 and is sometimes referred to as the Inventory of Sources and Releases (ISR). The reporting requirements for the PI encompass emissions from the whole of the authorisation license or permit. This includes non-point sources and fugitive emissions (e.g. leaks) along with the specific release points (point sources e.g. chimneys). All authorisations for large industrial sites (i.e. those under IPPC and now EPR) have a condition requiring the annual reporting of releases of a core (reportable) list of substances and groups of substances. These are substances considered to be important in relation to environmental protection. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2013_Pollution_Inventory.zip

protocol: http

name: 2013_Pollution_Inventory.zip

description: 2013_Pollution_Inventory.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2014_Pollution_Inventory.zip

protocol: http

name: 2014_Pollution_Inventory.zip

description: 2014_Pollution_Inventory.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2015_Pollution_Inventory.zip

protocol: http

name: 2015_Pollution_Inventory.zip

description: 2015_Pollution_Inventory.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2016_Pollution_Inventory_dataset_-_version_2.zip

protocol: http

name: 2016_Pollution_Inventory_dataset_-_version_2.zip

description: 2016_Pollution_Inventory_dataset_-_version_2.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2017_Pollution_Inventory_Dataset.zip

protocol: http

name: 2017_Pollution_Inventory_Dataset.zip

description: 2017_Pollution_Inventory_Dataset.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2018_Pollution_Inventory_Version_1.zip

protocol: http

name: 2018_Pollution_Inventory_Version_1.zip

description: 2018_Pollution_Inventory_Version_1.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2019 Pollution Inventory Dataset v2.zip

protocol: http

name: 2019 Pollution Inventory Dataset v2.zip

description: 2019 Pollution Inventory Dataset v2.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2020_Pollution_Inventory_Dataset_v2.zip

protocol: http

name: 2020_Pollution_Inventory_Dataset_v2.zip

description: 2020_Pollution_Inventory_Dataset_v2.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2021 Pollution Inventory Dataset.zip

protocol: http

name: 2021 Pollution Inventory Dataset.zip

description: 2021 Pollution Inventory Dataset.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2022 Pollution Inventory Dataset v2.zip

protocol: http

name: 2022 Pollution Inventory Dataset v2.zip

description: 2022 Pollution Inventory Dataset v2.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=4faa4a52-7df2-4047-bc3f-877dd04222d8&fileName=2023 Pollution Inventory Dataset V2.zip

protocol: http

name: 2023 Pollution Inventory Dataset V2.zip

description: 2023 Pollution Inventory Dataset V2.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

Unique resource identifier

code

DSTR04511

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

economy

environment

inlandWaters

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

emission to air

water and land

economy

environment

inlandWaters

Keyword set

keyword value

metadataStatisticalCalculationService

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-04-22

Keyword set

keyword value

pollutant

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.7

East bounding longitude

1.8

North bounding latitude

55.8

South bounding latitude

50

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-01-01

End position

2023-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2004-01-01

date type

publication

effective date

2004-01-01

date type

revision

effective date

2025-02-13

Frequency of update

annually

Quality and validity

Lineage

Permitted companies return data on the quantities of various substances they have released over the year.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Shapefile (SHP)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Environment Agency Conditional Licence (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence)

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Special conditions: 1. You may use the Information for your internal or personal purposes and may only sublicense others to use it if you do so under a written licence which includes the terms of these conditions and the agreement and in particular may not allow any period of use longer than the period licensed to you. 2. The period of permitted use is one year. 3. We have restricted use of the Information as a result of legal restrictions placed upon us to protect the rights or confidentialities of others. If you contact us in writing (this includes email) we will, as far as confidentiality rules allow, provide you with details including, if available, how you might seek permission from a third party to extend your use rights. 4. This condition does not apply if use is limited to use that is authorised by any statute or use that does not require a licence from us.

Constraint set

Use constraints

Special conditions: 1. You may use the Information for your internal or personal purposes and may only sublicense others to use it if you do so under a written licence which includes the terms of these conditions and the agreement and in particular may not allow any period of use longer than the period licensed to you. 2. The period of permitted use is one year. 3. We have restricted use of the Information as a result of legal restrictions placed upon us to protect the rights or confidentialities of others. If you contact us in writing (this includes email) we will, as far as confidentiality rules allow, provide you with details including, if available, how you might seek permission from a third party to extend your use rights. 4. This condition does not apply if use is limited to use that is authorised by any statute or use that does not require a licence from us.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Special conditions: 1. You may use the Information for your internal or personal purposes and may only sublicense others to use it if you do so under a written licence which includes the terms of these conditions and the agreement and in particular may not allow any period of use longer than the period licensed to you. 2. The period of permitted use is one year. 3. We have restricted use of the Information as a result of legal restrictions placed upon us to protect the rights or confidentialities of others. If you contact us in writing (this includes email) we will, as far as confidentiality rules allow, provide you with details including, if available, how you might seek permission from a third party to extend your use rights. 4. This condition does not apply if use is limited to use that is authorised by any statute or use that does not require a licence from us.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://environment.data.gov.uk/support

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-02-13

Metadata language