Statistics Norway

Emissions to air. POPs and heavy metals - national figures

1   Emissions to air, by sector. Hazardous substances. 2001
  Pb Cd Hg As Cr Cu PAHs Dioxins
  kg kg kg kg kg kg Tonnes Gram
Total 5 216       724       958      2 176      7 011      19 383       144.9 34.1
                 
Energy sectors, total  329 48 48 65  178  204 1.0 3.9
Extraction of oil and gas1 29 10 18 30  103 84 0.5 1.3
Extraction of coal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Oil refining 3 0 1 4 15 10 0.0 0.0
Electricity supplies2  297 38 28 31 60  110 0.5 2.6
                 
Manufacturing and mining, total 2 577  439  506 1 618 5 868 4 049 71.3 12.8
Oil drilling 9 1 4 4 4 4 0.5 0.7
Manufacture of pulp and paper  329  157  149  270  613  697 0.2 3.3
Manufacture of basic chemicals  443 70 15  824  573  525 2.5 0.7
Manufacture of minerals3  203 24 59  181  448  365 0.6 0.3
Manufacture of iron, steel and ferro-alloys 1 368 66  205  216 3 669  733 0.8 5.2
Manufacture of other metals 91 65 8 10  349 1 364 64.3 2.1
Manufacture of metal goods, boats, ships and oil platforms 51 5 6 10 70 89 2.1 0.1
Manufacture of wood, plastic, rubber, and chemical goods, printing 40 45 48 77 92  202 0.1 0.4
Manufacture of consumer goods 44 4 12 24 50 69 0.1 0.0
                 
Other, total 2 075 74  238  210  297 4 262 13.4 7.5
Construction 18 3 10 11 11  292 0.6 0.0
Agriculture and forestry 24 20 26 38 36  279 6.0 3.2
Fishing, whaling and sealing 45 5 23 23 18 30 0.7 1.8
Land transport, domestic  106 23 52 55 55 2 866 4.1 0.1
Sea transport, domestic 53 5 25 27 27 27 0.8 1.9
Air transport4 1 730 3 10 17 17 21 0.2 0.0
Other private services 35 10 13 28 26  639 0.6 0.1
Public sector, municipal5 54 3 57 6  101 87 0.4 0.1
Public sector, state 10 1 23 5 4 21 0.1 0.2
                 
Private households  234  163  166  283  669 10 868 59.2 9.8
1  Includes gas terminal, transport and supply ships.
2  Includes emissions from waste incineration.
3  Including mining.
4  Includes only domestic air transport.
5  Includes water supplies.
Source: Emission inventory from Statistics Norway and Norwegian Pollution Control Authority.

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