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MERCURY – TIME TO ACT
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Industrial processes: input and output of mercury
Vinyl chloride
monomer
production
Batteries
production
Dental
amalgam
production
Measuring and
control devices
production
Electrical and
electronic devices
production
Compact fluorescent lamps
(CFL) production
INDUSTRIAL MERCURY DEMAND
IN MANUFACTURING
Tonnes per year, estimates 2005
PRODUCTS
CONTAINING
MERCURY
Automobiles
Irrigation pumps
Light switches
Thermostats
Button cell batteries
Special batteries
Compact fluorescent lamps
Paints (red pigment)
Pharmaceuticals
Dental amalgam
875
625
542
333
292
292
166
Chlorine and
caustic soda
production
INPUT
PROCESS
OUTPUT
Processes using mercury
Processes that produce
products containing
mercury
Sources: adapted from UNEP, Summary of supply, trade and demand information
on mercury, 2006; UNEP, Mercury, A Priority for Action, 2008.
Designed by Zoï Environment Network / GRID-Arendal, December 2012