Taking Stock 16
With a feature analysis of off-site transfers to disposal
Taking Stock 16
With a feature analysis of off-site transfers to disposal
Description
This edition of Taking Stock brings together data and information on the pollutants reported between 2014 and 2018 by North American industrial facilities to the pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs) of the region: Canada’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), Mexico’s Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes (RETC), and the US Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The objectives of this publication are to improve the awareness and understanding of the sources, types, and handling of industrial pollutants in North America and support decisions relative to pollution prevention and sustainability.
North American PRTR data show that total releases and transfers reported by facilities across the region increased from more than 5.1 billion kilograms (kg) in 2014 to almost 5.3 billion kg in 2018. On-site disposal or releases to land, together with off-site transfers to recycling, accounted for approximately two-thirds of the annual totals, while releases to air and water accounted for approximately 7% and 4%, respectively.
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