Mercury - Time to Act
Industrial processes: input and output of mercury
INPUT
PROCESS
OUTPUT
INDUSTRIAL MERCURY DEMAND IN MANUFACTURING Tonnes per year, estimates 2005
Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) production
166
PRODUCTS CONTAINING MERCURY
Electrical and electronic devices production
Automobiles Irrigation pumps Light switches Thermostats Button cell batteries Special batteries Compact fluorescent lamps Paints (red pigment)
292
Measuring and control devices production
292
Batteries production
Processes that produce products containing mercury
333
Dental amalgam production
542
Pharmaceuticals Dental amalgam
Chlorine and caustic soda production
Vinyl chloride monomer production
625
Processes using mercury
875
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
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