Having good air quality makes the Falkirk Council area a welcoming place to live, work and visit. It is vitally important for resident's health, the local environment and economy. We work hard to ensure the air quality is the best it possibly can be.

Many factors can affect the quality of air, for example: road transport, home energy use, petrochemical industries or power stations burning fossil fuels creating unwanted airborne emissions.

Falkirk Council's air quality is generally good. However, within localised areas, there can be (occasional) higher levels of air pollution recorded. The main sources of pollution in the Falkirk Council area are tailpipe emissions from road traffic and point source emissions from the industrial area of Grangemouth.

We can all help to improve the air quality in the Falkirk Council area into the future.