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National Pollutant Inventory

The National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) provides the community, industry and government with free information about substance emissions in Australia. It has emission estimates for 93 toxic substances and the source and location of these emissions.

Review of the NPI

On 25 November 2016, the National Environment Protection Council agreed to terms of reference for a review of the NPI.

NPI dataset for 2015-2016

Data on emissions and transfers for 2015-2016 are now available.

Download NPI data on data.gov.au.

Search the NPI dataset

For more information on how to use NPI data, please refer to Understanding NPI data

Preparing your 2016-2017 NPI report

For detailed information on NPI reporting please read Reporting emissions and transfers or use the toolkit below.

NPI report toolkit

Spike's Spot!

Take a journey with Spike, the NPI's Eastern Water Dragon and learn about different emissions and substances. See what you can do to reduce pollution to our air, water and land!