Step | Kg Hg/year | Category | Kg Hg/year | Sub-Category |
Step 2: Energy consumption and fuel production | 306.00 | Fuel consumption | 98.00 | Other coal uses (sum for all other uses) |
Combustion/use of petroleum coke and heavy oil | ||||
Combustion/use of diesel, gasoil, petroleum, kerosene | ||||
Biomass fired power and heat production (wood, etc.) | ||||
Charcoal combustion | ||||
Fuel production | 208.00 | Oil refining | ||
Step 3: Domestic production of metals and raw materials | 432.00 | Gold mining with mercury amalgamation | 1.00 | Gold extraction with mercury amalgamation-with use of retorts |
Other high volume materials production with mercury releases | 431.00 | Cement production | ||
Pulp and paper production | ||||
Step 4: Domestic production and processing with intentional mercury use | 88.00 | Production of products with mercury content | 88.00 | Paints with mercury |
Skin lightening creams and soaps with mercury chemicals | ||||
Step 5: Waste treatment and recycling | 3086.00 | Waste incineration | 2750.00 | Open fire waste burning (on landfills and informally) |
Waste deposition/landfilling | 336.00 | Waste deposition/landfilling | ||
Waste water treatment | ||||
Step 6: General consumption of mercury in products, as metal mercury and as mercury containing substances | 3189.00 | Use and disposal of products with mercury content | 678.00 | Dental amalgam fillings (“silver” fillings) |
Thermometers | 468.00 | Medical Hg thermometers | ||
Electrical switches and relays with mercury | 633.00 | Electrical switches and relays with mercury | ||
Light sources with mercury | 78.00 | Fluorescent tubes (double end) | ||
Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL single end) | ||||
Other Hg containing light sources | ||||
Batteries with mercury | 63.00 | Mercury oxide (button cells and other sizes); also called mercury-zinc cells | ||
Other button cells (zinc-air, alkaline button cells, silver-oxide) | ||||
Other batteries with mercury (plain cylindrical alkaline, permanganate, etc.) | ||||
Polyurethane (PU, PUR) produced with mercury catalyst | 136.00 | Polyurethane (PU, PUR) produced with mercury catalyst | ||
Medical blood pressure gauges (mercury sphygmomanometers) | 884.00 | Medical blood pressure gauges (mercury sphygmomanometers) | ||
Other manometers and gauges with mercury | 23.00 | Other manometers and gauges with mercury | ||
Laboratory chemicals | 45.00 | Laboratory chemicals | ||
Other laboratory and medical equipment with mercury (porosimetry, pycnometry, hanging drop electrodes = polarimetry, etc.) | 181.00 | Other laboratory and medical equipment with mercury (porosimetry, pycnometry, hanging drop electrodes = polarimetry, etc.) | ||
Step 7: Crematoria and cemeteries | 46.10 | Crematoria | 45.0 | Crematoria |
Cemeteries | 1.00 | Cemeteries | ||
TOTAL | 7147.00 |
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