Statistics Norway

Emissions to air. POPs and heavy metals - national figures

1 Emissions to air of environmental hazardous substances1. 1990-2008. kg. Dioxins in g
  1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total, PAH-total2  156 957  150 180  146 234  153 706  154 429  130 106  141 058
Process emissions from aluminium production 57 390 57 110 56 040 77 030 82 749 64 215 75 959
Fuelwood use 50 810 53 351 52 623 42 751 40 395 34 974 33 255
Road traffic 6 867 6 923 5 865 7 580 8 172 8 841 9 195
Solvents 12 896 9 426 7 077 9 492 8 023 7 649 7 693
Other sources 28 994 23 371 24 629 16 853 15 090 14 427 14 955
               
Lead, total  187 457 23 459 9 015 7 573 7 229 7 603 6 790
Process emissions from metal production 4 204 4 265 3 755 3 068 3 045 3 528 2 637
Air traffic 2 311 1 537 1 767 1 582 1 233 1 119 1 222
Wear of brake blocks, tyre wear 1 124 1 172 1 296 1 462 1 495 1 569 1 624
Road traffic, combustion  167 970 12 118  157  198  211  227  234
Combustion, manufacturing  730  914  720  619  570  401  360
Other sources 11 118 3 453 1 320  645  675  759  713
               
Mercury, total 1 506  877  756  696  650  669  625
Combustion, manufacturing 92 92 75 81 79 66 62
Road traffic 35 49 55 76 84 93 98
Waste incineration  168  120  102 77 79 86 81
Use of products  284 75 38 50 50 43 43
Process emissions, manufacture of metals  617  285  267  177  146  176  132
Other sources  309  256  219  235  212  206  209
               
Cadmium, total 1 112  985  690  545  601  554  548
Combustion, pulp and paper industry  121  138  115  122  123  114  117
Fuelwood use  106  109  119  133  132  121  123
Process emissions, manufacture of metals  457  391  170 82  138 97 86
Other sources  428  347  286  209  208  222  222
               
Copper, total 22 131 19 001 19 494 20 718 21 202 21 935 22 688
Road traffic: wear of brake blocks 7 203 7 203 8 386 9 280 9 611 10 174 10 508
Road traffic: exhaust 4 134 4 375 4 517 5 166 5 329 5 492 5 510
Wires for electric trains  905  943  992  994  997  992  993
Process emissions, manufacture of metals 4 791 2 826 2 329 1 900 1 891 2 180 2 662
Combustion, manufacturing 1 233 1 597 1 403 1 496 1 301 1 067  965
Other sources 3 866 2 057 1 866 1 881 2 075 2 030 2 050
               
Chromium, total 12 603 11 176 8 498 2 742 2 615 2 263 2 342
Process emissions, manufacture of metals 8 342 8 255 6 066  314  312  409  298
Process emissions, manufacture of chemicals 1 927  471  209  125  101 41 36
Combustion, manufacturing 1 273 1 697 1 446 1 432 1 151  720  663
Road traffic: road dust and tyre wear 43 48 53 56 58 58 59
Road traffic: exhaust  122  129  133  152  157  162  162
Other sources  897  575  591  664  835  872 1 124
               
Arsenic, total 3 144 2 947 2 439 1 470 1 314 1 627 1 532
Combustion, manufacturing  440  465  373  396  401  367  355
Fuelwood use  193  190  203  221  220  201  203
Manufacture of chemicals  626  664  711 21 20 21 23
Metal production 1 327 1 274  799  481  290  629  541
Other sources  557  354  353  353  384  409  410
               
Dioxins, total  129 70 34 24 24 23 23
Mines 51 37 0 0 0 0 0
Waste incineration and landfill gas 18 3 2 0 0 0 0
Fuelwood use 6 6 7 8 8 7 7
Process emissions, manufacture of metals 34 9 8 4 4 4 4
Other sources 20 15 17 12 12 12 12
1  Does not include international sea and air traffic.
2  PAH: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Source: Emission inventory from Statistics Norway and the Climate and Pollution Agency.

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