ID

Categories and sub-categories of mercury release sources

ID

Categories and sub-categories of mercury release sources

2

Step 2: Energy consumption and fuel production

5.2.5

Open fire waste burning (on landfills and informally)

2.1

Category: Fuel consumption

5.3.1

Waste deposition/landfilling

2.1.2

Other coal uses (sum for all other uses)

5.3.2

Informal dumping of general waste

2.1.3

Combustion/use of petroleum coke and heavy oil

6

Step 6: General consumption of mercury in products, as metal mercury and as mercury containing substances

2.1.4

Combustion/use of diesel, gas oil, petroleum,

6.3

Category: Electrical switches and relays with mercury

2.1.6

Biomass fired power and heat production

6.4

Category: Light sources with mercury

2.1.7

Charcoal combustion

6.4.1

Fluorescent tubes (double end)

2.2

Category: Fuel production

6.4.2

Compact fluorescent lamp

2.2.2

Oil refining

6.4.3

Other Hg containing light sources

3

Step 3: Domestic production of metals and raw materials

6.5

Category: Batteries with mercury

3.2

Category: Gold mining with mercury amalgamation

6.5.1

Mercury oxide (button cells and other sizes); also called mercury-zinc cells

3.2.2

Gold extraction with mercury amalgamation-with use of retorts

6.5.2

Other button cells (zinc-air, alkaline button cells, silver-oxide)

3.3

Other high volume materials production with mercury releases

6.5.3

Other batteries with mercury (plain cylindrical alkaline, permanganate, etc.)

3.3.1

Cement production

6.6

Category: Polyurethane (PU, PUR) produced with mercury catalyst

3.3.2

Pulp and paper production

6.9

Category: Medical blood pressure gauges

4

Step 4: Domestic production and processing with intentional mercury use

6.10

Category: Other manometers and gauges with mercury

4.1

Production of chemicals and polymers

6.11

Category: Laboratory chemicals

4.2.8

Paints with mercury

6.12

Category: Other laboratory and medical equipment with mercury

4.2.9

Skin lightening creams and soaps with mercury chemicals

6.7

Step 7: Crematoria and cemeteries

5

Step 5: Waste treatment and recycling

7.1

Category: Crematoria

5.2

Category: Waste incineration

6.2

Category: Cemeteries