EU Overview
(Pollutants vs. Sectors)

  EU 25
2003
UNIT TOTAL ALL SECTORS ROAD TRANSPORT SHIPPING AVIATION RAILWAY MILITARY AGRI-CULTURE* SOLVENT USE** SMALL CONSUMER FUEL COMBUSTION FOSSIL FUEL DISTRIBUTION (GAS) ROOFING AND ROAD PAVING WITH ASPHALT
no PRTR Pollutant                        
1 Methane (CH4) t 11,000,000.00
116,000.00 3,030.00 532.00 373.00 967.00 9,460,000.00   369,000.00 1,060,000.00 82.70
2 Carbon monoxide (CO) t 18,000,000.00 9,800,000.00 273,000.00 98,100.00 31,700.00 53,400.00 793,000.00 2,840.00 6,910,000.00 16.00 9,950.00
3 Carbon dioxide (CO2) t 1,540,000,000.00
814,000,000.00 20,400,000.00 22,700,000.00 5,260,000.00 9,050,000.00 62,400,000.00 5,440,000.00 602,000,000.00 853,000.00 12,000.00
5 Nitrous oxide (N2O) t 842,000.00
79,000.00 826.00 790.00 917.00 424.00 738,000.00 110.00 22,000.00    
6 Ammonia (NH3) t 2,870,000.00
55,500.00 59.20 235.00 90.50 135.00 2,810,000.00 4,220.00 5,910.00    
7 Non-methane volatile organic comp. (NMVOC) t 6,060,000.00
1,570,000.00 99,300.00 8,800.00 12,400.00 6,170.00 561,000.00 2,750,000.00 759,000.00 90,000.00 194,000.00
8 Nitrogen oxides (NOx/NO2) t 5,410,000.00
3,540,000.00 241,000.00 69,900.00 84,700.00 30,600.00 819,000.00 145.00 626,000.00 142.00 90.00
11 Sulphur oxides (SOx/SO2) t 975,000.00 99,400.00 95,800.00 4,880.00 4,280.00 8,330.00 89,600.00 218.00 652,000.00 20,300.00 120.00
17 Arsenic and comp. (as As) g 29,400,000.00
241,000.00 431,000.00 31.30 12,400.00 52,900.00 3,400,000.00   25,200,000.00    
18 Cadmium and comp. (as Cd) g 41,000,000.00
4,840,000.00 69,900.00 23,900.00 8,640.00 14,600.00 5,170,000.00   30,900,000.00    
19 Chromium and comp. (as Cr) g 68,200,000.00
18,900,000.00 298,000.00 94,300.00 34,200.00 72,400.00 4,340,000.00   44,500,000.00    
20 Copper and comp. (as Cu) g 465,000,000.00
260,000,000.00 1,440,000.00 3,000,000.00 61,000,000.00 203,000.00 19,400,000.00   120,000,000.00    
21 Mercury and comp. (as Hg) g 4,240,000.00
6,140.00 50,400.00 62.60 6,290.00 24,100.00 257,000.00   3,890,000.00    
22 Nickel and comp. (as Ni) g 267,000,000.00
22,100,000.00 23,200,000.00 146,000.00 707,000.00 2,040,000.00 44,800,000.00   174,000,000.00    
23 Lead and comp. (as Pb) g 394,000,000.00
137,000,000.00 521,000.00 18,400,000.00 1,440,000.00 348,000.00 21,400,000.00   215,000,000.00    
24 Zinc and comp. (as Zn) g 2,430,000,000.00
1,550,000,000.00 1,530,000.00 1,770,000.00 653,000.00 375,000.00 80,500,000.00   787,000,000.00    
42 Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) g 5,950,000.00
7,150.00 185.00   4.34 0.03 5,900,000.00 3.55 40,200.00    
44 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane(HCH) kg 25,700.00
          10,900.00 14,700.00      
47 PCDD +PCDF (dioxins +furans) (as Teq) mg 220,000.00
14,800.00 4,950.00 10,200.00 1,350.00 120.00 16,000.00 33,200.00 136,000.00   2,890.00
49 Pentachlorophenol (PCP) g 459,000,000.00
12,900.00 18,500.00     15.60 52.20 459,000,000.00 364.00    
50 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) g 101,000.00
  95.10       398.00 61,000.00 40,000.00    
72 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) kg 681,000.00
198,000.00 7,010.00 2,120.00 1,340.00 303.00 42,800.00 231,000.00 187,000.00   11,000.00
86 Particulate matter (PM10) t 919,000.00
231,000.00 12,700.00 997.00 7,550.00 20,100.00 274,000.00 11,800.00 360,000.00 71.30 1,020.00

* including fuel comustion in agriculture, foresting, fishing (1 A 4 c) and releases from manure management (4 B), rice cultivation (4 C), agricultural soils (4 D), field burning of agricultural waste (4 F) and others (4 G)
** including releases from paint application (2 A), degreasing and dry cleaning porcesses (2 B) and other (2 D)