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Page last updated : 15/06/2009

Polychlorobiphenyls - PCBs

Source : CITEPA / CORALIE SECTEN format - last updated 18 February 2009

Survey period : since 1990

Emissions Variations
Emissions in 2007 : 69 kg Variation 2007 / 1990 : -62 %
Maximum observed : 182 kg in 1991 Variation 2007 / maximum : -62 %
Minimum observed : 69 kg in 2007 Variation 2007 / minimum : 0 %

Main emitters in 2007 (top 5 of total emissions) :
  1 - Iron and steel industry 45 %
  including :
  - Sinter and palletizing plants 24 %
- Electric furnace steel plant 11 %
2 - Electricity production 20 %
3 - Residential 17 %
4 - Chemical industry 3.2 %
5 - Tertiary, commertcial abd instututional 2.7 %

Comments

Total air emissions of Polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) amounted to approximately 69 kg in 2007.

Among all the sectors, three sources mainly emitted PCBs, others represented very low emissions or even none such as road transport. These sectors were by importance order :

  • manufacturing industry : 57%,
  • energy conversion : 23%.
  • residential/tertiary : 19%, mostly due to energy consumption,
  • transport except road : less than 1%,
  • agriculture/forestry : less than 1%.

A fall of the emissions was observed during the period 1990-2007 (-62%, i.e. -112 kg). On the whole, this decrease was observed in all the emitting sectors.

Regarding manufacturing industry, emissions dropped to 71% (-95 kg) between 1990 and 2007 especially thanks to the diminution of the emissions in hospital waste incineration sector due to less quantities incinerated.

In energy conversion, emissions came mainly from the electricity production (85% of the energy conversion sector emissions) and particularly from incinerators with energy recovery. Since 1990, emissions of that sector have been reduced by 41% (-11 kg) linked to improvements realised in a result of treatments of atmospheric effluents.

PCB emissions from residential/tertiary are mostly attributed to “residential” (86% of the emissions of the sector). Emissions decreased of 31% during the 1990-2007 period directly linked to a reduction of biomass consumption.


 

  
 
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