DIOXIN EMISSIONS IN LITHUANIA

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DIOXIN EMISSIONS IN LITHUANIA

• VYTAUTAS KRUSINSKAS
• Ministry of Environment
• CARSTEN LASSEN
• COWI A/S

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Inventory Dioxin and Furan Releases in Lithuania

• DANCEE - Danish Cooperation for Environment in
  Eastern Europe
• Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of
  Lithuania
• Prepared by
• COWI A/S, Denmarkdk-TEKNIK ENERGY
  ENVIRONMENT, Denmark
• COWI Baltic, Lithuania

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POTENTIAL RELEASE DIOXINS AND FURANS FROM ALL
SOURCES IN LITHUANIA
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Example Emission factors for cement production

• Classes (UNEP Toolkit) Emission
  factor
• µg I-TEQ/t of cement
• 1. Wet kilns, ESP temperature gt300 C
  5
• 2. Wet kilns, ESP/FF temperature 200 to 300 C
  0.6
• 3. Wet kilns, ESP/FF temperature lt200 C and
  all types of dry kilns 0.15
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• Cement production in Lithuania Wet kiln, ESP
  temperature 200 C
• Emission factor
• Medium 0.6 µg I-TEQ/t of cement
• Range 0.1-0.7 µg I-TEQ/t of cement

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Dioxin emission to air - Lithuania 2000
6
Dioxin release to water - Lithunia 2000
7
Dioxin release to residues - Lithunia 2000
8
Other countries
9
Power generation and heating
10
Uncontrolled burning processes
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Uncontrolled burning of waste
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Improvement of the inventory

• Investigation of the extent of uncontrolled
  burning of waste products
• Obtain more exact information on flue gas
  treatment used for production of cement and
  waste incineration (emission factors evt.
  confirmed by measurements)
• Improvement quality of stastitical data for all
  activities
• Strengthening the information management
  capacities

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Measures

• Reduction of uncontrolled burning of waste
  products
• Collection of waste
• Information campaigns
• Improved landfill practice
• Reduced use of chlorinated plastics and other
  chlorinated products
• Increased air pollution control for power
  generation, cement production and waste
  incineration (if a need is confirmed by further
  investigation)