• Air pollution sources in the UK - DEFRA

  • Entity Year Energy production Manufacturing industry & construction Road transport Non-road transport Small non-road mobile sources & machinery Military aircraft and naval shipping Fugitive emissions Industrial processes Agriculture Waste Other Total
    Ammonia 2016 0.2 2.1 4.4 0 2.2 0 0.2 4.8 253.0 10.1 13.9 289.9
    Nitrogen oxides 2016 200.7 139.1 300.8 138.9 92.8 13.5 2.0 1.3 7.2 1.4 0.2 893.9
    NMVOC 2016 4.0 19.4 32.8 13.5 50.4 1.6 129.3 443.0 118.5 7.5 4.6 819.6
    PM10 2016 5.6 18.0 20.9 4.9 48.6 0.2 2.9 53.2 17.0 4.0 0.2 171.5
    PM2.5 2016 4.6 17.4 13.4 4.7 47.6 0.2 1.2 14.9 4.3 4.6 0.1 108.0
    Sulphur dioxide 2016 67.8 39.7 1.3 13.4 46.8 2.5 3.5 9.6 0 1.7 0 179.3
  • Data refers to the national total emissions of specific air pollutants by source, as reported by DEFRA. 'Small non-road mobile sources & machinery' refers to mobile machinery and sources such as residential, commercial, agricultural and fishery machinery.

  • Sources

    Data Published By: UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

    Data publisher's source: null

    Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681445/Emissions_of_air_pollutants_statistical_release_FINALv4.pdf

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