SwissPRTR pollutant register

SwissPRTR is Switzerland's publicly accessible pollutant register. It provides information about pollutant release and the transfer of waste and pollutants into wastewater. The register comprises data from facilities suject to a reporting obligation, and on various sources.

Legal basis

Ordinance of 15 December 2006 on the Register relating to Pollutant Release and the Transfer of Waste and of Pollutants in Waste Water (PRTRO, SR 814.017).

New SwissPRTR 5.0 web application from 2024

The newly-developed SwissPRTR 5.0 web application is available for data entry under the new URL www.swissprtr.admin.ch from January 2024. The previous web application was shut down at the end of 2023.

Publication of data

The public PRTR data for Switzerland will also be available on www.swissprtr.admin.ch by the end of 2024. Until this development is complete, the data up to and including 2022 is available here in Excel format to download: SwissPRTR-Daten_2007-2022 (XLSX, 2 MB, 28.03.2024)

The data for 2023 will be available from the end of March 2025 at the latest. The locations of Swiss PRTR facilities can still be viewed on the map at Locations of SwissPRTR-facilities – map.geo.admin.ch.

SwissPRTR Service Desk

The SwissPRTR Service Desk provides support on matters relating to the SwissPRTR 5.0 web application at www.swissprtr.admin.ch. It is also the first port of call for general questions on SwissPRTR.

The SwissPRTR Service Desk is operated by the company Meteotest AG on behalf of the FOEN.

Contact the SwissPRTR Service Desk at:
swissprtr@meteotest.ch or +41 31 533 54 65

For questions relating to the publication of data or legal aspects, please contact the FOEN directly (see contact details below).

Further information

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Last modification 28.03.2024

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