A report from AirCare (MojVozduh)

AIR POLLUTION IN 2018

www.getaircare.com 250 TOP POLLUTED 200 CITIES

150 # OF DAYS WITH AN AVERAGE PM10

CONCENTRATION OVER 50 µg/m3 100 All cities where there is at least one government measuring staion, have surpessed the EU limit of 35 days per calendar year where this value can be 50 over 50 µg/m3. For cities with multiple measuring EU Limit stations, the one with the highest value is shown.

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Veles Kocani Kicevo Kavadarci SOURCE: AIRCARE (MOJVOZDUH) 250 POLLUTION 200 BREAKDOWN

150 # OF DAYS WITH AN AVERAGE PM10

CONCENTRATION OVER 50 µg/m3 100

Unhealthy days 50 Very unhealthy days

Hazardous days 0

Veles Bitola Kocani Kicevo Tetovo Skopje Gostivar Strumica Kumanovo Kavadarci SOURCE: AIRCARE (MOJVOZDUH) Hazardous 4.7%

Very Unhealthy SKOPJE AIR 13.5% IN 2018 Good 43.6% AIR QUALITY OF 2018 BROKEN DOWN AS % OF DAYS OF THE YEAR 2018

Data shows that in the capital of Macedonia, people breathe unhealthy air for over ½ of the year. The industry, wood & trash burning, and old vehicles contribute to this number. Unhealthy 38.1%

SOURCE: AIRCARE (MOJVOZDUH) 400 TOP MALFUNCTIONING STATIONS

300 # OF DAYS OF TOP 6 STATIONS THAT

HAVE NOT REPORTED PM10 DATA 200 We visualize only the top 6, but 16 of 18 government measuring stations have malfunctioned in 2018, not reporting PM10 data. 100 Stations in the most polluted areas of Skopje like "Lisice" and "Gazi Baba" have not been reporting data for a long time, scewing gov. reported 0 averages to more favoirable, yet false data.

Kicevo Bitola2 Veles2 Mrsevci

Skopje (Lisice)

Skopje (Gazi Baba) SOURCE: AIRCARE (MOJVOZDUH) WHAT NEXT?

This is a problem YOU are involved in and YOU can do something about it! Here are 3 actions you can take right now to insure we don't repeat this in 2019:

1 Contact your city officials, ask them what they plan to do about pollution in 2019. Get their plans, and ask them how they will report progress.

2 Don't accept no for an answer, submit a freedom of information request. They are legally required to give you the information.

3 Regularly follow up with them, email / phone / physical visits, keep the pressure active and demand action.