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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