Section II – Mercury Contributors:
6 Comparison of Emission with Other Countries
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| Chapter | Main Source Category | New Zealand 2008 (kg/year) |
Ireland 2007 (kg/year) |
Denmark 2001 (kg/year) |
Canada 2006 (kg/year) |
Australia 2006-2007 (kg/year) |
United States 1994-1995 (kg/year) |
United Kingdom 2006 (kg/year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Fuels/energy sources | 800 | 800 | 800 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 78,000 | 3,500 |
| 5.2 | Primary (virgin) metal production | 26 | 5.5 | 0 | 1,300 | 11,000 | 100 | 1,200 |
| 5.3 | Production of other minerals and materials with mercury impurities | 14 | 0.96 | 230 | 1,100 | 440 | 6,500 | |
| 5.4 | Intentional use of mercury in industrial processes | 0 | 17 | 0 | 85 | 49 | 6,500 | 1,500 |
| 5.5 | Consumer products with intentional use of mercury | 260 | 0 | 2,700 | 18 | 2,200 | 20 | |
| 5.6 | Other intentional products/process uses | 30 | 0 | 2,400 | 2.4 | 1,600 | ||
| 5.7 | Production of recycled metals (“secondary” metal production) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
| 5.8 | Waste incineration | 0 | 8.3 | 3,109 | 570 | 0.41 | 49,000 | 910 |
| 5.9 | Waste deposition/landfilling and waste water treatment | 180 | 22 | 4,500 | 140 | 300 | 70 | 370 |
| 5.10 | Crematoria and cemeteries | 120 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 0.12 | <100 | |
| 5.11 | Identification of potential areas with elevated mercury concentrations | Non quantifiable | 0 | 0 | 12,000 | |||
| Total (kg/year) | 1,400 | 860 | 14,000 | 5,600 | 25,000 | 140,000 | 7,500 | |
| Total (tonnes/year) | 1.4 | 0.86 | 14 | 5.6 | 25 | 140 | 7.5 | |
| Population at Time of Inventory (millions of people) | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 33 | 21 | 260 | 61 | |
| Total Annual per Person (kg/person/year) | 3.3 x 10-04 | 2.0 x 10-04 | 2.5 x 10-03 | 1.7 x 10-04 | 1.2 x 10-03 | 5.5 x 10-04 | 1.2 x 10-04 | |
Sources:
1) New Zealand: Mercury Inventory for New Zealand 2008 (this report).
2) Ireland: Spreadsheet developed by the Ireland EPA provided by Michael McGettigan, Office of Climate Licensing and Resource Use, EPA Monaghan Regional Inspectorate, Ireland.
3) Denmark: Toolkit for identifications and quantification of mercury releases, United Nations Environment Programme, Pilot Draft, November 2005.
4) Canada: Spreadsheet entitled 2006 Air Pollutant Emissions for Canada, Version 2, 8 April 2008, obtained from www.ec.gc.ca/inrp-npri/default.asp?lang=en&n=F2B66EB1-1
5) Australia: National Pollutant Inventory: Summary Emission Report for Mercury & Compounds, obtained from www.npi.gov.au/cgi-bin/npireport.pl?proc=substance;substance=53
6) United States: Mercury Study Report to Congress Volume II:An Inventory of Anthropogenic Mercury Emissions in the United States, U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards and Office of Research and Development, EPA-452/R-97-004, December 1997.
7) United Kingdom: National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, from http://www.naei.org.uk/emissions/emissions_2006/summary_tables.php?action=unece&page_name=Hg06.html
8) Population data for New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the United States obtained from various sources and is representative of the year of the inventories. The population estimate for Denmark is for 2005. The population estimate for the United Kingdom is based on mid 2007 estimates obtained from http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?ID=6
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