Statistics Norway

Emissions to air. POPs and heavy metals - national figures

1 Emissions to air of environmental hazardous substances1. 1990-2010*. kg. Dioxins in g
  1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010*
Total, PAH-total2  304 512  235 178  221 125  247 027  177 672  148 134  154 931 99 948 98 844
Aluminium - process emissions  203 402  138 410  125 300  170 930  106 461 79 186 87 930 35 612 29 747
Combustion in households, mainly fuelwood use 50 810 53 351 52 623 42 751 40 395 38 480 36 430 35 654 38 392
Road traffic, combustion 6 860 6 925 5 836 7 534 8 117 8 776 9 128 9 276 9 893
Use of solvent-containing products 12 943 9 454 7 114 9 390 7 930 7 556 7 601 8 674 8 430
Other sources 30 497 27 038 30 251 16 421 14 770 14 135 13 841 10 732 12 382
                   
Total, PAH-42 36 504 26 516 24 396 30 035 20 176 16 068 17 334 9 127 8 578
Aluminium - process emissions 30 509 20 760 18 735 25 605 15 966 11 870 13 164 5 307 4 410
Combustion in households, mainly fuelwood use 2 728 2 854 2 823 2 348 2 221 2 141 2 040 2 001 2 171
Road traffic, combustion  792  801  674  856  917  984 1 018 1 029 1 092
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear  161  167  187  201  210  227  231  232  233
Other sources 2 314 1 934 1 976 1 025  862  846  881  559  674
                   
Lead, total  188 720 24 592 9 840 8 349 7 811 8 445 7 575 5 483 5 654
Metal industry -process emissions 4 941 4 896 4 454 3 711 3 358 4 038 3 031 1 080 1 189
Aviation 2 311 1 537 1 767 1 582 1 233 1 119 1 219 1 249 1 273
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear 1 088 1 161 1 288 1 386 1 448 1 562 1 582 1 576 1 575
Road traffic, combustion  167 970 12 118  157  198  211  227  234  236  250
Manufacturing industries and mining - stationary combustion  690  883  699  606  671  530  623  615  761
Other sources 11 721 3 998 1 475  866  890  970  886  727  605
                   
Mercury, total 1 459  846  739  692  647  658  603  518  584
Manufacturing industries and mining - stationary combustion 86 86 70 78 75 62 61 54 63
Road traffic, combustion 35 49 55 76 84 93 98  100  108
Energy supply, included waste incineration 98 48 37 13 15 20 14 19 24
Use of other products  285 75 38 50 50 34 27 27 27
Metal industry -process emissions  617  285  267  177  147  176  132 47 60
Other sources  338  302  272  297  276  272  270  272  301
                   
Cadmium, total 1 173 1 047  778  638  690  630  607  485  590
Wood processing - stationary combustion  121  138  115  123  129  123  129 99  146
Housholds, mainly fuelwood use  106  109  119  133  132  130  128  132  148
Metal industry -process emissions  547  470  268  177  223  159  131 49 85
Other sources  400  330  276  205  206  218  218  204  211
                   
Copper, total 25 614 22 890 23 687 25 052 25 662 26 633 27 280 25 380 26 211
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear 9 529 10 118 11 232 12 084 12 630 13 632 13 817 13 775 13 774
Road traffic, combustion 4 134 4 375 4 517 5 166 5 329 5 491 5 508 5 446 5 606
Use of other products - wires for electric trains  904  940  990  990  990  990  990  990  990
Metal industry -process emissions 5 971 3 809 3 687 3 211 2 895 2 901 3 271 1 500 1 744
Manufacturing industries and mining - stationary combustion 1 161 1 538 1 355 1 446 1 452 1 267 1 402 1 283 1 664
Other sources 3 915 2 110 1 907 2 156 2 366 2 351 2 292 2 386 2 433
                   
Chromium, total 12 786 11 352 8 701 3 106 3 233 2 941 3 216 2 854 2 945
Metal industry -process emissions 8 515 8 421 6 264  395  379  466  345  197  196
Chemical industries - process emissions 1 927  471  209  125  101 41 36 25 29
Manufacturing industries and mining - stationary combustion 1 213 1 662 1 423 1 443 1 415 1 043 1 281 1 255 1 608
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear 36 47 51 56 58 60 59 56 55
Road traffic, combustion  122  129  133  152  157  162  162  160  165
Other sources  975  622  622  936 1 123 1 168 1 333 1 161  891
                   
Arsenic, total 3 508 3 300 2 900 1 926 1 736 1 959 1 718 1 274 1 819
Manufacturing industries and mining - stationary combustion  418  438  350  349  361  329  325  268  358
Housholds, mainly fuelwood use  193  190  203  221  220  214  212  217  243
Chemical industries - process emissions  626  664  711 21 20 21 23 15 18
Metal industry -process emissions 1 747 1 651 1 278  943  709  942  705  322  755
Other sources  525  356  357  393  427  452  453  452  445
                   
Dioxins, total  128 69 34 24 24 24 22 21 26
Other mining - process emissions 51 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Energy sypply - stationary combustion inkluding waste incineration 13 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Housholds, mainly fuelwood use 6 6 7 8 8 8 7 8 9
Metal industry -process emissions 34 9 8 4 4 4 3 2 3
Other sources 24 14 17 11 11 11 11 11 14
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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