New Zealand inventory of dioxin emissions to air, land and water and reservoir sources
March 2000, Ref. ME345
This report provides a national inventory of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans emission to air, land and water from known sources for 1998, together with estimates of the amount of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans present within reservoir sources.
An updated inventory report based on 2008 data is now available.
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Contents:
Executive summary
- New Zealand Organochlorines Programme
- Background information on PCDDs and PCDFs
- Assessment of PCDD and PCDF sources
- Clinical, pathological quarantine waste incineration
- Hazardous waste incineration
- Wastewater solids incineration
- Municipal solid waste incineration
- Crematoria
- Power generation
- Industrial, commercial and agricultural coal combustion
- Domestic coal burning
- Industrial wood combustion
- Domestic wood burning
- Domestic waste burning
- Land transport
- Uncontrolled fires
- Cement and lime manufacture
- Iron and steel production
- Non-ferrous metal production
- Aluminium production
- Glass production
- Pulp and paper production
- Cigarette smoking
- Used oil use and disposal
- Use of halogenated pesticides
- Landfills
- Wastewater treatment
- Historic pesticide manufacture
- Historic use of 2,4,5-T
- Timber treatment and historic pentachlorophenol use
- Coal gasification
- Summary of PCDD and PCDF emissions and reservoir sources
- Comparison of the New Zealand emissions inventory with other country inventories
- Uncertainties and data gaps of the New Zealand inventory
- Units and abbreviations
- References
