PM10 emissions to air
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
PM10 emissions to air is the mass of the source-defined PM10 particulate fraction released from own operations during the reporting period, retained by facility, source, threshold profile and measurement method.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting-period flow
- Aggregation
- Same PM10 fraction and non-overlapping source rows only; other particulate fractions stay separate
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Pollution, microplastics and hazardous substances
- Controlled domain
- Pollution
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Own-operation releases to air for facilities in the applicable current ESRS and E-PRTR profile. Only the source-defined PM10 fraction is included; PM2.5, total suspended particulate, filterable and condensable bases remain separate.
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
EU laws and regulatory guidance
- Publisher
- European Union
- Edition
- Consolidated edition current on 15 August 2026 and applicable to reporting year 2026
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Annex II pollutant identities, chemical expressions and air, water and land thresholds
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting-period flow
Unit meaning: This metric is reported as a structured table; each field carries the unit stated in the table fields below.
Table fields and units
- Facility, source, activity, country, control boundary and source-defined PM10 fraction
- Emitted mass (kg PM10 — kilograms of the source-defined PM10 fraction; 1 t = 1,000 kg)
- Annual air-reporting threshold and edition — a reporting gate, not an emission limit
- Measurement, calculation, factor or estimation method, source and uncertainty
- Reporting period and missing, below-threshold or not-measured reason
Published dimensions
- PM10 emission row
- Facility, source and activity
- Country and financial or operational control boundary
- Direct, periodic, calculated, factor-based or estimated method
- Reporting period, threshold profile and method edition
- Source-defined PM10 fraction and measurement basis
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaPopulate the structured fields from qualifying source observations and retain each field-level unit, boundary, status, and method; do not collapse the disclosure into one calculated value.
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.
Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026
Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 concerning the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
- Publisher
- European Union
- Edition
- Consolidated edition current on 15 August 2026 and applicable to reporting year 2026
- Locator
- Annex II pollutant identities, chemical expressions and air, water and land thresholds
Supports: Official publisher reference linked specifically to the Sustopedia metric “PM10 emissions to air”; interpret it with the source-edition basis and limitations shown on this page.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Binding ESRS E2-4 consolidated 1 January 2025, the current E-PRTR Annex II PM10 row, and current GRI 305-7 link-out evidence.
- Facility, source, activity, country and control boundary
- Source-defined PM10 fraction and measurement basis
- Released mass in kg PM10, meaning kilograms of the source-defined PM10 fraction
- Applicable air threshold and edition as a reporting gate
- Measurement or estimation method, factor source, uncertainty and reporting period
- Controls keeping PM10, PM2.5, filterable, condensable and total suspended particulate separate
Record-specific limitations
- The generic particulate-matter category does not define a universal size or measurement fraction.
- Released mass does not establish ambient concentration, exposure, health effect or permit compliance.
- Filterable, condensable, total suspended particulate, PM10 and PM2.5 results are not interchangeable.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.