Statistics Norway

Emissions to air. POPs and heavy metals - national figures

1 Emissions to air of environmental hazardous substances1. 1990-2009. kg. Dioxins in g
  1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total, PAH-total2  304 489  235 077  221 047  247 099  177 081  131 249  132 333 76 569
Aluminium - process emissions  203 402  138 410  125 300  170 830  105 811 63 836 67 080 13 012
Combustion in households, mainly fuelwood use 50 810 53 351 52 623 43 010 40 553 37 131 34 829 35 103
Road traffic, combustion 6 860 6 925 5 836 7 534 8 117 8 776 9 128 9 210
Use of solvent-containing products 12 896 9 426 7 077 9 367 7 898 7 524 7 568 8 641
Other sources 30 521 26 966 30 210 16 358 14 702 13 983 13 728 10 604
                 
Lead, total  188 280 24 045 9 638 8 131 7 639 8 215 7 397 5 676
Metal industry -process emissions 4 742 4 697 4 255 3 511 3 206 3 828 2 863 1 303
Aviation 2 311 1 537 1 767 1 582 1 233 1 119 1 219 1 249
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear 1 086 1 158 1 285 1 383 1 445 1 559 1 578 1 572
Road traffic, combustion  167 970 12 118  157  198  211  227  234  234
Manufacturing industries and mining - stationary combustion  690  883  699  606  671  530  623  599
Other sources 11 482 3 652 1 474  852  873  953  880  719
                 
Mercury, total 1 463  855  739  689  645  655  602  513
Manufacturing industries and mining - stationary combustion 86 86 70 75 75 62 61 54
Road traffic, combustion 35 49 55 76 84 93 98 99
Energy supply, included waste incineration  101 58 37 13 14 20 15 17
Use of other products  285 75 38 50 50 34 27 27
Metal industry -process emissions  617  285  267  177  147  176  132 47
Other sources  338  302  272  297  275  269  269  269
                 
Cadmium, total 1 174 1 049  777  637  689  623  601  490
Wood processing - stationary combustion  121  138  115  123  129  123  129  100
Housholds, mainly fuelwood use  106  109  119  133  133  126  125  129
Metal industry -process emissions  547  470  268  177  223  159  131 59
Other sources  400  333  274  204  204  215  216  201
                 
Copper, total 23 022 19 881 20 762 21 752 22 400 23 059 23 665 22 864
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear 6 938 7 112 8 308 8 784 9 373 10 075 10 222 10 110
Road traffic, combustion 4 134 4 375 4 517 5 166 5 329 5 491 5 508 5 392
Use of other products - wires for electric trains  905  943  992  994  997  992  993  992
Metal industry -process emissions 5 971 3 809 3 687 3 211 2 888 2 901 3 271 2 752
Manufacturing industries and mining - stationary combustion 1 161 1 536 1 352 1 445 1 452 1 266 1 402 1 275
Other sources 3 914 2 106 1 906 2 152 2 362 2 333 2 269 2 343
                 
Chromium, total 12 785 11 350 8 699 3 105 3 233 2 933 3 209 2 901
Metal industry -process emissions 8 515 8 421 6 264  395  379  466  345  285
Chemical industries - process emissions 1 927  471  209  125  101 41 36 25
Manufacturing industries and mining - stationary combustion 1 212 1 661 1 421 1 442 1 414 1 042 1 281 1 225
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear 36 47 50 55 57 60 59 56
Road traffic, combustion  122  129  133  152  157  162  162  159
Other sources  975  622  622  936 1 124 1 162 1 327 1 152
                 
Arsenic, total 3 512 3 297 2 897 1 938 1 741 1 968 1 724 1 278
Manufacturing industries and mining - stationary combustion  417  436  347  348  360  328  324  269
Housholds, mainly fuelwood use  193  190  203  221  221  209  205  213
Chemical industries - process emissions  626  664  711 21 20 21 23 15
Metal industry -process emissions 1 747 1 651 1 278  950  708  950  713  329
Other sources  529  356  357  398  432  460  458  451
                 
Dioxins, total  128 69 34 24 23 23 22 21
Other mining - process emissions 51 37 0 0 0 0 0 0
Energy sypply - stationary combustion inkluding waste incineration 13 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
Housholds, mainly fuelwood use 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 8
Metal industry -process emissions 34 9 8 4 4 4 3 2
Other sources 23 14 17 11 11 11 11 11
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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