Title
Emissions of persistent organic pollutants and eight candidate POPs from UNECE-Europe in 2000, 2010 and 2020 and the emission reduction resulting from the implementation of the UNECE POP protocol
Author
van der Denier Gon, H.
van het Bolscher, M.
Visschedijk, A.
Zandveld, P.Y.J.
TNO Bouw en Ondergrond
Publication year
2007
Abstract
An emission inventory for persistent organic pollutants (POP) is made for the year 2000 based on submissions of emission data from the Parties to the Convention on LRTAP. The inventory covers the UNECE territory except Canada and the United States. For the countries, sources or compounds lacking in official submissions, default emission estimates have been prepared and applied to complete the inventory. An indicative comparison of the year 2000 emissions with the 1990 emission levels from a previous study is presented as well as emission projections for 2010, 2015, 2020 based on activity scenarios developed in the framework of the EU CAFE programme. The key source analysis of the projected emissions assuming full implementation of the UNECE protocols allows identification of remaining source strengths which subsequently are briefly discussed in terms of their potential for (further) reduction. A number of chemicals are currently being investigated for inclusion on the UN/ECE POPs protocol list of priority compounds but for these substances emission estimation methodologies are scarce or non-existent. For eight of these substances (dicofol, edosulfan, hexachlorobutadiene (HBU), pentabromodiphenyl ether (PBDE), pentachlorobenzene (PCBe), pentachlorophenol (PCP), polychloronated naftalenes (PCN) and short chained chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs)) an emission estimation methodology is proposed and a preliminary emission inventory for the year 2000 is presented. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Subject
Environment
Candidate POPs
Emission inventory
Emission projection
Europe
HCB
HCH
PAH indicator compounds
PCB
PCDD/F
Europe
Paraffins
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Hexachlorobutadiene (HBU)
Pentabromodiphenyl ether (PBDE)
Persistent organic pollutants (POP)
Polychloronated naftalenes (PCN)
Organic pollutants
dicofol
ether derivative
hexachlorobutadiene
paraffin
pentabromodiphenyl ether
pentachlorobenzene
pentachlorophenol
comparative study
emission inventory
HCH
hexachlorobenzene
organic pollutant
PAH
PCB
PCDD
PCDF
United Nations
article
Europe
methodology
organic pollution
priority journal
unece protocol
Eurasia
Europe
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TNO identifier
240419
ISSN
1352-2310
Source
Atmospheric Environment, 41 (40), 9245-9261
Document type
article