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The following
links provide quantitative data on dioxin releases, transfers,
and source reduction activities:
Dioxin Data: Releases
of Dioxin to the Air, Water and Land Surface
Data on the quantities of dioxin emitted to the air and water
and applied to the land surface. Air emissions include fugitive
emissions (those from other than a point source) and stack
emissions. These releases are not contained. These releases
are comparable to those in US EPA's Inventory
of Sources and Environmental Releases of Dioxin-like Compounds.
Dioxin Data: Disposal
in Underground Injection Wells and Landfills
Data on the quantities of dioxin disposed of and contained
in underground injection wells and hazardous and other types
of landfills. Dioxin-containing wastes disposed of in landfills
and underground injection wells are contained and removed
from contact with the public. Underground injection wells
are used to bury materials well below the surface of the Earth
and away from drinking water sources. Landfills are carefully
designed (using clay and polymer linings, covers and leachate
drainage systems) to contain hazardous materials without leakage
and contamination of the environment.
Dioxin Data:
Transfers to Off-site Locations
Data on the quantities of dioxin transferred to off-site:
wastewater facilities, incineration facilities and landfills.
Dioxin
Data: Source Reduction Activities
Data on the quantities of dioxin: used for energy recovery,
treated, recycled and recovered from the environment through
remediation activities. (In the year 2000, 230 g-TEQ of dioxin
were removed from the environment by remediation activities.)
The majority of dioxin in this category was treated. Treatment
of dioxin-containing waste is most often accomplished by destruction
in hazardous waste incinerators.
2000
Toxics Release Inventory Demonstrates Chlorine Industry Success
in Managing Dioxin
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