An opening ceremony for the launch of Germany's Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) will be held on 3 June 2009 in the V RADIALSYSTEM in Berlin.
The German PRTR will present 2008 reports by large industrial enterprises, for example, in energy and chemical industries, intensive livestock facilities and large wastewater treatment plants, information about their pollutant releases to air, water and soil, if specified thresholds have been exceeded. In addition, pollutants in the effluent and the waste to be disposed are contained in the annual reports.
From June 2009, this information PRTR in Germany for all citizens free of charge and without restriction on the Internet. The Register also offers companies the opportunity to present their activities and investments to reduce pollutant emissions.
Germany ratified the UNECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Aarhus Convention in August 2007.
