November 27 2020
UNITAR continues to update its guidance series on PRTR design and implementation. The updated version of the UNITAR Guidance Series draws on the lessons learned and experiences from the more than 70 countries that have implemented or are developing a PRTR.
May 1 2020
Recently, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), leading authority of the national Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), published the findings of the analytical work conducted with the objective to characterize the food and auto sectors to promote further pollution prevention practices. The essence of EPA research was published in two book chapters, forming part of the book “Green Energy to Sustainability: Strategies for Global Industries” (John Wiley & Sons Publishers). Read more here and consult the chapters in the Resource section.
January 27 2020 Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan acceded to the UNECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention), becoming the thirty-seventh Party to the Protocol. Kazakhstan is the first country in Central Asia to accede to the Protocol.
December 11 2019
Colombia signs the Escazú Agreement becoming the 22nd signatory to the regional treaty on access to environmental information and PRTR development in the GRULAC Region.
November 28 2019 Switzerland
At the seventh meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs, Parties, other countries and stakeholders shared their experiences in establishing PRTRs, in particular focusing on their modernization and on major capacity-building needs.
November 7 2018
The 3rd Global Round Table on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers: "Promoting Informed Decisions for a Sustainable Future"
October 22 2018 Mongolia
Did you know that during the long cold season the levels of air pollution in Ulaanbaatar are among the highest in the world?
July 31 2018 Moldova
Based on Governmental Decision nr. 373 dated 24 April 2018, the creation of a national PRTR has been officially approved in the Republic of Moldova
July 27 2018 Switzerland
PRTRs: Promoting Informed Decisions for a Sustainable Future
June 27 2018 Mongolia
A National Inception Workshop in Mongolia was followed by a 2-days training on technical and institutional aspects of PRTR, in the framework of the project “Strengthening Capacities for Developing National Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) in Support of SAICM Implementation in Mongolia”
May 8 2018
The report "PRTR: Establishing a Pollutant Release and Transfer Register in China”, published by IPEN and IPE, looks into the background and process of industrialized nations’ establishment of PRTR systems, as well as the key role they play in controlling and managing hazardous chemicals.
May 8 2018 Ecuador
Inception workshop on the "Global Project on the Implementation of PRTRs as a tool for POPs reporting, dissemination and awareness raising for Belarus, Cambodia, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Peru" in Ecuador
April 24 2018
UNITAR has just released the first series of three video trainings on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) “hot-topics” like communication and dissemination of data; legal implementation and release estimation techniques
April 11 2018 Kazakhstan
Training workshop on reporting to the national PRTR in Kazakhstan
April 4 2018
Read more about the utility of the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) in tracking implementation and environmental Impact of industrial chemistry practices in the United States on the chapter of the US EPA Toxics Release Inventory-Green Chemistry, written by Sandra Duque Gaona.
March 23 2018 Mongolia
Launching of the project " Strenghtening Capacities for Developing a National Pollutant Release and Transfert (PRTR) in Support of SAICM Implementation in Mongolia".
March 9 2018 Peru
The second Project Steering Committee Meeting of the "Global Project on the Implementation of PRTRs as a tool for POPs reporting, dissemination and awareness raising for Belarus, Cambodia, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Peru" was organized jointly by UNITAR and the Ministry of Environment of Peru (MINAM), from the 5th to the 8th March 2018 in Lima, Peru
December 1 2017 Moldova
Workshop for Moldovan Environmental Authorities on Release of Estimation Techniques (RET), in the frame of the "Global Project on the Implementation of Pollutant Release and Transfer Register as a tool for POPs reporting, dissemination and awareness raising for Belarus, Cambodia, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Peru"
November 29 2017 Moldova
Workshop for industries representatives of the energy sector on Release of Estimation Techniques (RET), in the frame of the "Global Project on the Implementation of Pollutant Release and Transfer Register as a tool for POPs reporting, dissemination and awareness raising for Belarus, Cambodia, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Peru.
October 18 2017 Cambodia
Workshop on the form of Training-to-Trainers in Cambodia, on Release of Estimation Techniques (RET), in the frame of the "Global Project on the Implementation of Pollutant Release and Transfer Register as a tool for POPs reporting, dissemination and awareness raising for Belarus, Cambodia, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Peru"
February 19 2016 Moldova
Inception workshop on the "Global Project on the Implementation of PRTRs as a tool for POPs reporting, dissemination and awareness raising for Belarus, Cambodia, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Peru" in Moldova
