Air quality management
Clean air is important for our health and wellbeing. It is important that we all play our part in protecting and improving the quality of the air that we breathe.
The National Air Quality Strategy outlines a national framework for reducing hazards to health from air pollution in the UK. It requires local authorities to review and assess local air quality against a set of standards and objectives for the control and reduction of the main health threatening pollutants.
Monitoring and reporting
In North Ayrshire, Environmental Health monitor pollutants in 23 locations. Detailed reports on the stages of the review process are submitted to the Scottish Government and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Find our reports at Scottish Air Quality.
A continuous monitoring station measures PM10/PM2.5 (particulate matter less than 10 microns and 2.5 microns) and NO2 (Nitrogen dioxide). This station is located at High Street, Irvine.
View our 22 passive NO2 diffusion tubes monitoring sites throughout North Ayrshire.