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Waste Management

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The UK National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (NAEI) provides a standard reference air emission inventory for a wide range of pollutants including dioxins emissions to air. The inventory can be found at www.naei.org.uk/. The table below provides a summary of NAEI estimates of UK dioxin and furan emissions from each source category from 1990 to 2004. It also includes the estimated percent contribution from each source category to the total release of dioxins and furans to air for 2004, the most recent year for which statistics are available.

UK Emissions of Dioxins and Furans by Source Category (g I-TEQ/year)
Sector	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Combustion in Energy Production
Public Electricity and Heat Production	35	35	32	27	26	25	24	19
Petroleum refining	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Industries	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0	0	0.1
Combustion in Industry
Iron and Steel	44	42	41	42	43	43	44	45
Non-ferrous Metals	40	35	35	37	40	41	42	42
Other Industrial Combustion¹	79	80	80	77	78	73	72	70
Transport Fuel Use
Road Transport; Passenger cars	27	24	21	18	15	12	9.8	7.9
Road Transport; Light duty vehicles	2.2	1.9	1.7	1.4	1.2	1	0.8	0.7
Road transport; Heavy duty vehicles	0.3	0.3	0.3	0 3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Road Transport; Mopeds & Motorcycles	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0 2	0.2	0.2
Railways	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.8
National Navigation	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.5
Other mobile sources and machinery	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
Combustion in Commercial and Residential Use
Commercial and Institutional fuel combustion	46	44	39	32	27	18	20	24
Residential fuel combustion	16	17	15	16	13	9.8	10.2	9.1
Household and gardening machinery	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Agricultural Fuel combustion	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.1
Off-road Vehicles and Other Machinery	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.3
Fugitive Emissions from Fuel Manufacture
Solid fuel transformation	3.7	3.2	2.6	2.2	1.9	1.6	1.5	1.5
Production Processes
Glass and Asphalt production	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.1
Chemical production	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Metal production	27	24	24	25	25	26	24	26
Wood impregnation	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Agriculture
Field burning of agricultural wastes	57	49	36	0.8	0	0	0	0
Waste
Solid waste disposal on land	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1	1	0.9
Small scale waste burning	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52
MSW Incineration and Refuse Derived Fuel combustion	602	602	602	439	256	310	57	28
Other Waste disposal²	167	167	160	155	145	137	132	82
Vehicle Fires	5.3	6.7	7 4	7.1	6.4	6.5	6 9	6.7
Other Sources
Bonfire Night	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8
Total	1,243	1,222	1,190	973	771	797	536	453
International Navigation	9	8.7	9.1	9	8 5	9.1	9.9	11.1
Accidental and natural fires	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64

Sector	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Contribution from source category to total dioxin and furans emissions in 2004 (%)
Combustion in Energy Production
Public Electricity and Heat Production	20	15	17	18	16	1.8	1.5	0.50%
Petroleum refining	13	11	9.1	10	12	12	11	3.70%
Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Industries	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.01	0.02	0.00%
Combustion in Industry
Iron and Steel	44	39	29	32	25	29	30	10.50%
Non-ferrous Metals	23	18	13	12	11	8.8	5.9	2.1%
Other Industrial Combustion¹	68	64	58	63	54	54	81	28.60%
Transport Fuel Use
Road Transport; Passenger cars	6	4.2	2.6	2.5	2 4	2.3	2.2	0.80%
Road Transport; Light duty vehicles	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1%
Road transport; Heavy duty vehicles	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1%
Road Transport; Mopeds & Motorcycles	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.02%
Railways	2.9	3	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.4	1.20%
National Navigation	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.1	0.40%
Other mobile sources and machinery	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.20%
Combustion in Commercial and Residential Use
Commercial and Institutional fuel combustion	16	16	14	14	9	6.8	2.9	1.00%
Residential fuel combustion	8.8	8.9	7.1	7.9	6.7	4.8	5	1.80%
Household and gardening machinery	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.10%
Agricultural Fuel combustion	7.1	7.2	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	7	2.40%
Off-road Vehicles and Other Machinery	6.1	6	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.5	1.90%
Fugitive Emissions from Fuel Manufacture
Solid fuel transformation	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.20%
Production Processes
Glass and Asphalt production	1.1	1.1	1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.40%
Chemical production	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.00%
Metal production	23	20	13	13	14	12	11	3.90%
Wood impregnation	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Agriculture
Field burning of agricultural wastes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Waste
Solid waste disposal on land	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4	0	0.00%
Small scale waste burning	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	18.20%
MSW Incineration and Refuse Derived Fuel combustion	2.6	1.1	1.3	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.4	0.10%
Other Waste disposal²	50	48	47	47	47	48	46	16.20%
Vehicle Fires	7.1	8.5	8.9	9.6	9.5	8.7	8.7	3.1%
Other Sources
Bonfire Night	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	2.40%
Total	360	334	299	308	285	266	285	100.00%
International Navigation	12.1	8.7	7.7	8.6	7.2	6.9	7.9
Accidental and natural fires	64	64	64	64	64	64	64
1. Other industrial combustion—includes fuel combustion in industries other than iron and steel and non-ferrous metal production which are quoted separately and includes cement and lime production, ceramic, brick and refractory manufacture and industrial off road vehicle use.
2. Other waste disposal—includes agricultural waste burning, chemical incineration, activated carbon regeneration, sewage sludge incineration, clinical waste incineration, crematoria, foot and mouth pyres and animal carcass incineration.
3. Statistics on fires and international navigation are listed separately to the main inventory data for reporting purposes.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

7702; 686 c42-6WA

Session

2005-06

Related items

Waste Management
Monday, 9 October 2006
Written questions
House of Lords

Subjects

Air pollution Dioxins Furans

Contains statistics

Yes