Policy paper

Air quality: explaining air pollution

This document sets out what air pollution is, where it comes from, what we’re doing to reduce it, and what you can do.

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This document sets out, at a glance:

  • what air pollution is
  • where it comes from
  • what we can all do to reduce it

Air quality is the term we use to describe how polluted the air we breathe is. Poor air quality affects us all.

Our Clean Air Strategy sets out what actions we will be taking to reduce air pollution and its effects.

Published 22 May 2018
Last updated 14 January 2019 + show all updates
  1. Updated as the Clean Air Strategy has been published.

  2. First published.