Dioxin Data from Major Chlorine Producers and Users

Dioxin Data: Source Reduction Activities

The table displays quantities of dioxins used for energy recovery, treated, recycled and recovered from the environment through remediation activities¹. PCDD/Fs that are treated are, by far, the largest category in this section. Treatment of PCDD/F-containing waste is most often accomplished by destruction in hazardous waste incinerators. Hazardous waste incinerators destroy PCDD/Fs through high temperature combustion. PCDD/F air emissions from these incinerators are regulated under the Clean Air Act and are included in air emissions under the Toxics Release Inventory.

Source Reductions in 2002

	Toxic Equivalents (grams TEQ)	Total Mass (grams TM17)
Energy Recovery (onsite and offsite Sec. 8.2 & 8.3)	0	0
Quantity treated on and off-site (Sec. 8.6 & 8.7)	4,700.56	16,503.17
Quantity recycled (on and off-site Sec 8.4 & 8.5)	0	0
Quantity of dioxins recovered from the environment through remediation activities and destroyed 2 (Sec 8.8)	262.49	11,555.83

Source Reductions in 2001

	Toxic Equivalents (grams TEQ)	Total Mass (grams TM17)
Energy Recovery (onsite and offsite Sec. 8.2 & 8.3)	0	0
Quantity treated on and off-site (Sec. 8.6 & 8.7)	6,309	232,548
Quantity recycled (on and off-site Sec 8.4 & 8.5)	0	0
Quantity of dioxins recovered from the environment through remediation activities and destroyed 2 (Sec 8.8)	258	10,061

Source Reductions in 2000

	Toxic Equivalents (grams TEQ)	Total Mass (grams TM17)
Energy Recovery (onsite and offsite Sec. 8.2 & 8.3)	0	0
Quantity treated on and off-site (Sec. 8.6 & 8.7)	6,405.93	233,049.9
Quantity recycled (on and off-site Sec 8.4 & 8.5)	496.4	8,833.6
Quantity of dioxins recovered from the environment through remediation activities and destroyed 2 (Sec 8.8)	229.08	24,020.5

¹Figures rounded to two significant figures and totals may not equal sum of individual categories due to rounding.
²Although this TRI category technically includes quantities released to the environment as a result of remedial actions, catastrophic events, or one time events not associated with production processes in the reporting year, chlorine chemical industry respondents here report an amount recovered and destroyed through remediation activities.