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MERCURY – TIME TO ACT 16
Global mercury consumption in 2005
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1,000
1,100
1,200
1,300
1,400
1,500
1,600
1,700
1,800
1,900
Mercury consumption (tonnes)
East and
Southeast
Asia
South
Asia
European
Union
(EU25)
CIS and
other
European
countries
Middle
Eastern
States
North
Africa
Sub-
Saharan
Africa
North
America
Central
America
and the
Caribbean
South
America
Australia,
New Zealand
and Oceania
Dental amalgam
Measurement and control devices
Chlor-alkali industry
Fluorescent lighting
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining
Batteries
Electrical and electronic devices
Vinyl chloride monomer
Other
Source: Adapted from UNEP, Global Mercury Assessment 2013: Sources, Emissions, Releases and Environmental Transport, 2013.
Designed by Zoï Environment Network / GRID-Arendal, December 2012.