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Page last updated : 15/05/2008

Mercury - Hg

Source : CITEPA / CORALIE SECTEN format - last updated 28 February 2008

Survey period : since 1990

Emissions Variations
Emissions in 2006 : 7.9 t Variation 2006 / 1990 : -71 %
Maximum observed : 27.5 t in 1991 Variation 2006 / maximum : -71 %
Minimum observed : 7.9 t in 2006 Variation 2006 / minimum : 0 %

Main emitters in 2006 (top 5 of total emissions) :
  1 - Electricity production 33 %
2 - Chemical industry 17 %
3 - Waste treatment 16 %
4 -Non-metallic mineral, construction materials 9.2 %
5 - Other energy conversion sectors 8.6 %


Comments

Mercury emissions amounted to 7.9 t in 2006 in mainland France .

There were two main sources of mercury emissions : energy conversion and manufacturing industry with respectively 46% and 52% of total emissions in mainland France in 2006.

The other sectors contributed to a very low level or even did not.

In the manufacturing industry sector, the main sub-sources were in 2006 :

  • chemical industry sub-sector (33% of the emissions of the sector), especially chlorine production (around 15% of the manufacturing industry sector),
  • waste treatment sub-sector (incineration) with 33% of the emissions.
Mercury emissions decreased considerably since 1990, when they amounted to 27 t, a fall of 71% between 1990 and 2006. This is a result of major improvements in waste incineration techniques and preventive measures such as restricting or banning the mercury content in batteries and clinical thermometers, waste sorting and improvements done for the process of chlorine production.



 

  
 
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