Table I.2.1 – Source Groups and Associated Source Categories |
Source Group |
1 - Waste Incineration
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2 - Metal Production
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3 - Heat and Power Generation
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4 - Production of Mineral Products
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5 - Transport
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| Source Categories |
a |
Municipal solid waste incineration |
Iron ore sintering |
Fossil fuel power plants |
Cement production |
4-Stroke engines |
| b |
Hazardous waste incineration |
Coke production |
Biomass power plants |
Lime production |
2-Stroke engines |
| c |
Medical waste incineration |
Iron and steel production and foundries |
Landfill Biogas combustion |
Brick production |
Diesel engines |
| d |
Light-fraction shredder waste incineration |
Copper production |
Household heating and cooking (biomass) |
Glass production |
Heavy oil fired engines |
| e |
Sewage sludge incineration |
Aluminum production |
Domestic heating (fossil fuels) |
Ceramics production |
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| f |
Waste wood and waste biomass incineration |
Lead production |
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Asphalt Mixing |
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| g |
Destruction of animal carcasses |
Zinc production |
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Oil Shale Processing |
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| h |
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Brass and bronze production |
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| i |
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Magnesium production |
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| j |
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Other non-ferrous metal production |
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| k |
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Shredders |
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| l |
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Thermal wire reclamation |
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Source Group |
6 - Open Burning Processes
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7 - Chemicals and Consumer Goods
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8 - Miscellaneous
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9 - Disposal
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10 - Hot Spots
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| Source Categories |
a |
Biomass burning |
Pulp and paper production |
Drying of biomass |
Landfills, waste dumps and landfill mining |
Sites used for the production of chlorine |
| b |
Waste burning and accidental fires |
Chlorinated inorganic chemicals |
Crematoria |
Sewage/ sewage treatment |
Production sites of chlorinated organics |
| c |
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Chlorinated aliphatic chemicals |
Smoke houses |
Open water dumping |
Application sites of PCDD/PCDF containing pesticides and chemicals |
| d |
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Chlorinated aromatic chemicals |
Dry cleaning |
Composting |
Timber manufacture and treatment sites |
| e |
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Other chlorinated and non-chlorinated chemicals |
Tobacco smoking |
Waste oil treatment(non-thermal) |
Textile and leather factories |
| f |
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Petroleum industry |
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Use of PCB |
| g |
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Textile production |
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Use of chlorine for production of metals and inorganic chemicals |
| h |
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Leather refining |
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Waste incinerators |
| i |
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Metal industries |
| j |
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Fire accidents |
| k |
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Dredging of sediments and contaminated flood plains |
| l |
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Dumps of wastes/residues from source groups 1-9 |
| m |
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Kaolin or ball clay sites |