This report assesses in monetary terms the cost of damage to health and the environment caused by air pollutant emissions from industrial facilities officially reported to the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR). It represents an update of two earlier EEA reports. Marginal damage costs (damage cost per tonne of pollutant emitted) are calculated for selected air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NH3, NOX, NMVOCs, As, Cd, CrVI, Pb, Hg, Ni, 1,3 butadiene, benzene, formaldehyde, benzo(a)pyrene, dioxins and furans) and greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O), for the countries EEA38+UK. They are then applied to emissions reported by industrial facilities to the E-PRTR, thus calculating the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe. Such externalities are calculated for the period 2008-2017.
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This report provides a comprehensive description of the methodology for gap-filling missing noise exposure data (i.e. data not yet reported by the Member States after the deadlines set by the Environmental Noise Directive). The report also explores a new method for major airports based on estimating the noise contour band when this information is not provided.
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