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Page last updated : 15/05/2008

Zinc - Zn

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

Survey period : since 1990

Emissions Variations
Emissions in 2006 : 261 t Variation 2006 / 1990 : -86 %
Maximum observed : 1 891 t in 1990 Variation 2006 / maximum : -86 %
Minimum observed : 241 t in 2005 Variation 2006 / minimum : +8 %

Main emitters in 2006 (top 5 of total emissions) :
1 - Iron and steel industry 59 %
including :
 
  - Electric furnace steel plant 47 %
- Sinter and palletizing plants 2.0 %
- Grey iron foundries 0.6 %
- Basic oxygen furnace steel plant 4.8 %
2 - Residential 22 %
3 - Non-metallic minerals, construction materials 3.1 %
4 - Non-ferrous metal smelting 2.7 %
5 - Paper, cardboard 2.5 %

Comments

Zinc emissions in mainland France decrease since 1990 : 1 891 t in 1990 besides 261 t in 2006, that is to say a fall of -86%.

Three sources mainly contributed to zinc emissions in 2006 :

  • manufacturing industry (71%),
  • residential/tertiary (23%),
  • energy conversion (6%).

The other sectors contribute very slightly or even not at all.

In the manufacturing industry sector, iron and steel generated the most of zinc emissions (83% of the emissions of the sector in 2006). The sharp fall observed in the manufacturing industry sector between 1990 and 2005 is particularly due to technique improvements to reduce emissions in electric furnace steel plant, and non-ferrous metal smelting (-253 t), especially due to the closing down of one important factory. With a rise of 28% between 2005 and 2006 in a result of variable operating in electric furnace steel plants, the manufacturing industry sector is the cause of the punctual increase of total zinc emissions (+8%) between those two years.

Until 2005, regarding the energy conversion sector, emissions were mostly generated by household waste incineration plants with energy recovery (67% of the emissions of the sector in 2005). The sharp fall of Zn emissions from household waste in 2006 is a result of reduction techniques useful to respect the new limit values of the European directive (2000/76/CE, 20 September 2002 ).


 

  
 
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