Standardized toolkit for identification and quantification of mercury releases

7Glossary, acronyms and abbreviations

< - less than;

> - greater than;

°C - degree Celsius (centigrade);

/ - divided by;

* - multiplied by;

% - percent;

µg – microgram (10^-6 gram);

APC devices - air pollution control (APC) devices;

ATSDR – US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry;

CIS countries – Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan).

DSI – duct sorbent injection;

EC – European Community (Starting May 1st, 2004, 25 member states (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)); later expanded with two additional member states to 27;

EU (15) – European Community before expansion 1 May, 2004, when it had 15 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom).

EMEP – Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (under the LRTAP Convention);

ESP – Electrostatic precipitator; equipment used to reduce emissions of certain pollutants from combustion flue gases;

EU – European Union. Starting May 1st, 2004, the European Union has 25 member states (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom), establishing an area of more than 4 million square kms with a population of approximately 460 million inhabitants; later expanded with two additional member states to 27;

FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization;

FF - Fabric filter; filter type used to capture particulate matter (here: from combustion flue gases);

FGD – Flue gas desulfurization; process of/equipment for primarily minimizing emissions of sulfur from combustion flue gases;

g – gram;

g/l or g/L – grams per litre;

Hg⁰ or Hg(0) - elemental mercury;

Hg²⁺ or Hg(II) - divalent mercury - the dominating mercury form in organic and inorganic mercury compounds. In the atmosphere, mercury species with divalent mercury are more easily washed out of the air with precipitation and deposited than elemental mercury;

Hg_p - particulate mercury - mercury bound in, or adsorbed on, particulate material. In the atmosphere, particulate mercury is deposited much faster than elemental mercury;

IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer;

ILO - International Labor Organization;

IPCS – International Programme on Chemical Safety;

kg – kilogram;

l or L – litre;

Life-time - In descriptions of life-cycles of products: The time span from when the product is put into use (usually time of purchase) until it is no longer used or discarded;

LRTAP Convention – Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution;

m – meter;

MethylHg or MeHg – methylmercury;

metric ton – 1000 kg;

mg – milligram (10^-3 gram);

MSC-E – Meteorological Synthesizing Centre – East (associated with the LRTAP Convention);

MSW – municipal solid waste;

MW – Megawatt;

MWC – municipal waste combustor;

MWI – medical waste incinerator;

NEMA – National Electrical Manufacturers Association (in the USA);

ng – nanogram (10^-9 gram);

OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;

ppb – parts per billion;

ppm - parts per million;

PM – Particlate material; particulate matter;

PS - Particle scrubber; equipment designed to reduce emissions of particles from combustion flue gases

SCR - Selective catalytic reduction; equipment designed to reduce emissions of certain pollutants from combustion flue gases;

SD - Spray dryer;

SDA - Spray dryer adsorber system; equipment designed to reduce emissions of certain pollutants from combustion flue gases;

Slag - waste material produced when coal is dug from the earth, or a substance produced by mixing chemicals with metal that has been heated until it is liquid in order to remove unwanted substances from it.

SNCR - Selective non-catalytic reduction; equipment designed to reduce emissions of certain pollutants from combustion flue gases;

t or ton - metric ton = 1000 kg;

UN - United Nations;

UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme;

US – United States of America;

US EPA – Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America;

USA – United States of America;

WHO - World Health Organization;

8Technical annexes

8.1Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) custom codes relevant for mercury

The following lists developed by UNITAR for the Toolkit lists HS custom codes for commodities which may be relevant for mercury inventories. The lists are arranged according to source categories in the Toolkits Inventory Level 2 (the level presented in this report).

Toolkit references

5.1 Extraction and use of fuels/energy sources

5.1.1 Coal combustion in large power plants

5.1.2 Other coal use

5.1.3 Mineral oils - extraction, refining and use

5.1.4 Natural gas - extraction, refining and use

5.1.5 Other fossil fuels - extraction and use

27	CHAPTER 27 - MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES
2701	Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
2701 11	Anthracite
2701 11 10	Having a volatile matter limit (on a dry, mineral-matter-free basis) not exceeding 10 %
2701 11 90	Other
2701 12	Bituminous coal
2701 12 10	Coking coal
2701 12 90	Other
2701 19 00	Other coal
2701 20 00	Briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
2702	Lignite, whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet
2702 10 00	Lignite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated
2702 20 00	Agglomerated lignite
2703 00 00	Peat (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated
2704 00	Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon
2704 00 11	For the manufacture of electrodes
2704 00 19	Other
2704 00 30	Coke and semi-coke of lignite
2704 00 90	Other
2705 00 00	Coal gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases, other than petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
2706 00 00	Tar distilled from coal, from lignite or from peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled, including reconstituted tars
2707	Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents
2707 10	Benzol (benzene)
2707 10 10	For use as a power or heating fuel
2707 10 90	For other purposes
2707 20	Toluol (toluene)
2707 20 10	For use as a power or heating fuel
2707 20 90	For other purposes
2707 30	Xylol (xylenes)
2707 30 10	For use as a power or heating fuel
2707 30 90	For other purposes
2707 40 00	Naphthalene
2707 50	Other aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures of which 65 % or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 °C by the ASTM D 86 method
2707 50 10	For use as power or heating fuels
2707 50 90	For other purposes
2707 91 00	Creosote oils
2707 99	Other
2707 99 11	Crude light oils of which 90 % or more by volume distils at temperatures of up to 200 °C
2707 99 19	Other
2707 99 30	Sulphuretted toppings
2707 99 50	Basic products
2707 99 70	Anthracene
2707 99 80	Phenols
2707 99 91	For the manufacture of the products of heading 2803
2707 99 99	Other
2708	Pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars
2708 10 00	Pitch
2708 20 00	Pitch coke
2709 00	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
2709 00 10	Natural gas condensates
2709 00 90	Other
2710	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
2710 11	Light oils and preparations
2710 11 11	For undergoing a specific process
2710 11 15	For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2710 11 11
2710 11 21	White spirit
2710 11 25	Other
2710 11 31	Aviation spirit
2710 11 41	With an octane number (RON) of less than 95
2710 11 45	With an octane number (RON) of 95 or more but less than 98
2710 11 49	With an octane number (RON) of 98 or more
2710 11 51	With an octane number (RON) of less than 98
2710 11 59	With an octane number (RON) of 98 or more
2710 11 70	Spirit type jet fuel
2710 11 90	Other light oils
2710 19	Other
2710 19 11	For undergoing a specific process
2710 19 15	For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2710 19 11
2710 19 21	Jet fuel
2710 19 25	Other
2710 19 29	Other
2710 19 31	For undergoing a specific process
2710 19 35	For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2710 19 31
2710 19 41	With a sulphur content not exceeding 0,05 % by weight
2710 19 45	With a sulphur content exceeding 0,05 % by weight but not exceeding 0,2 % by weight
2710 19 49	With a sulphur content exceeding 0,2 % by weight
2710 19 51	For undergoing a specific process
2710 19 55	For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2710 19 51
2710 19 61	With a sulphur content not exceeding 1 % by weight
2710 19 63	With a sulphur content exceeding 1 % by weight but not exceeding 2 % by weight
2710 19 65	With a sulphur content exceeding 2 % by weight but not exceeding 2,8 % by weight
2710 19 69	With a sulphur content exceeding 2,8 % by weight
2710 19 71	For undergoing a specific process
2710 19 75	For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2710 19 71
2710 19 81	Motor oils, compressor lube oils, turbine lube oils
2710 19 83	Liquids for hydraulic purposes
2710 19 85	White oils, liquid paraffin
2710 19 87	Gear oils and reductor oils
2710 19 91	Metalworking compounds, mould-release oils, anti-corrosion oils
2710 19 93	Electrical insulating oils
2710 19 99	Other lubricating oils and other oils
2710 91 00	Containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
2710 99 00	Other
2711	Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
2711 11 00	Natural gas
2711 12	Propane
2711 12 11	For use as a power or heating fuel
2711 12 19	For other purposes
2711 12 91	For undergoing a specific process
2711 12 93	For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2711 12 91
2711 12 94	Of a purity exceeding 90 % but less than 99 %
2711 12 97	Other
2711 13	Butanes
2711 13 10	For undergoing a specific process
2711 13 30	For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2711 13 10
2711 13 91	Of a purity exceeding 90 % but less than 95 %
2711 13 97	Other
2711 14 00	Ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene
2711 19 00	Other
2711 21 00	Natural gas
2711 29 00	Other
2712	Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured
2712 10	Petroleum jelly
2712 10 10	Crude
2712 10 90	Other
2712 20	Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0,75 % of oil
2712 20 10	Synthetic paraffin wax of a molecular weight of 460 or more but not exceeding 1 560
2712 20 90	Other
2712 90	Other
2712 90 11	Crude
2712 90 19	Other
2712 90 31	For undergoing a specific process
2712 90 33	For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2712 90 31
2712 90 39	For other purposes
2712 90 91	Blend of 1-alkenes containing by weight 80 % or more of 1-alkenes of a chain-length of 24 carbon atoms or more but not exceeding 28 carbon atoms
2712 90 99	Other
2713	Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
2713 11 00	Not calcined
2713 12 00	Calcined
2713 20 00	Petroleum bitumen
2713 90	Other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
2713 90 10	For the manufacture of the products of heading 2803
2713 90 90	Other
2714	Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil-shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks
2714 10 00	Bituminous or oil-shale and tar sands
2714 90 00	Other
2715 00 00	Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs)
2716 00 00	Electrical energy

Toolkit references

5.3 Production of other minerals and materials with mercury impurities

5.3.1 Cement production

5.3.2 Pulp and paper production

Custom code	Designation
2521 00 00	Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
2523	Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
2523 10 00	Cement clinkers
	Portland cement
2523 21 00	White cement, whether or not artificially coloured
2523 30 00	Aluminous cement
2523 90	Other hydraulic cements
2523 90 10	Blast furnace cement
3214	Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for façades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like
3214 10	Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings
3214 10 10	Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics
3816 00 00	Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other than products of heading 3801

Metal mercury

2805 40 10	Mercury in flasks of a net content of 34,5 kg "standard weight", of a fob value per flask of <= € 224
2805 40 90	Mercury (excl. in flasks of a net content of 34,5 kg "standard weight", of a fob value per flask of <= € 224)
2843 90 10	Amalgams of precious metals
2852 00 00	Compounds, inorganic or organic, of mercury (excl. amalgams)
2853 00 90	Inorganic compounds, n.e.s.; amalgams (excl. of precious metals)

Toolkit references

5.5 Consumer products with intentional use of mercury

5.5.4 Batteries with mercury
The articles which do not contain mercury (mentioned in the custom tariff) should be analyzed .

8506 10 11	Manganese dioxide cells and batteries, alkaline, in the form of cylindrical cells (excl. spent)
8506 10 15	Manganese dioxide cells and batteries, alkaline, in the form of button cells (excl. spent)
8506 10 19	Manganese dioxide cells and batteries, alkaline (excl. spent, and in the form of cylindrical cells and button cells)
8506 10 91	Manganese dioxide cells and batteries, non-alkaline, in the form of cylindrical cells (excl. spent)
8506 10 95	Manganese dioxide cells and batteries, non-alkaline, in the form of button cells (excl. spent)
8506 10 99	Manganese dioxide cells and batteries, non-alkaline (excl. spent, and in the form of cylindrical or button cells)
8506 30 10	Mercuric oxide cells and batteries, in the form of cylindrical cells (excl. spent)
8506 30 30	Mercuric oxide cells and batteries, in the form of button cells (excl. spent)
8506 30 90	Mercuric oxide cells and batteries (excl. spent, and in the form of cylindrical or button cells)
8506 40 10	Silver oxide cells and batteries, in the form of cylindrical cells (excl. spent)
8506 40 30	Silver oxide cells and batteries, in the form of button cells (excl. spent)
8506 40 90	Silver oxide cells and batteries (excl. spent, and in the form of cylindrical or button cells)
8506 50 10	Lithium cells and batteries, in the form of cylindrical cells (excl. spent)
8506 50 30	Lithium cells and batteries, in the form of button cells (excl. spent)
8506 50 90	Lithium cells and batteries (excl. spent, and in the form of cylindrical or button cells)
8506 60 10	Air-zinc cells and batteries, in the form of cylindrical cells (excl. spent)
8506 60 30	Air-zinc cells and batteries, in the form of button cells (excl. spent)
8506 60 90	Air-zinc cells and batteries (excl. spent, and in the form of cylindrical or button cells)
8506 80 05	Dry zinc-carbon batteries of a voltage of >= 5,5 V but <= 6,5 V (excl. spent)
8506 90 00	Parts of primary cells and primary batteries, n.e.s.

Toolkit references

5.5 Consumer products with intentional use of mercury

5.5.3 Light sources with mercury

8539 31 10	Discharge lamps, fluorescent, hot cathode, with double ended cap
8539 31 90	Discharge lamps, fluorescent, hot cathode (excl. with double ended cap)
8539 32 10	Mercury vapour lamps
8539 39 00	Discharge lamps (excl. flourescent, hot cathode lamps, mercury or sodium vapour lamps, metal halide lamps and ultraviolet lamps)
8539 49 10	Ultraviolet lamps
8539 49 30	Infra-red lamps

Toolkit references

5.5 Consumer products with intentional use of mercury

5.5.1 Thermometers with mercury

5.5.2 Electrical switches and relays with mercury

9025 11 20	Clinical or veterinary thermometers, liquid-filled, for direct reading
9025 11 80	Thermometers, liquid-filled, for direct reading, not combined with other instruments (excl. clinical or veterinary thermometers)
9025 19 20	Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments, electronic
9025 19 80	Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments, non-electronic (excl. liquid-filled thermometers for direct reading)
9025 80 20	Barometers, not combined with other instruments
9025 80 40	Hydrometers, areometers and similar floating instruments, hygrometers and psychrometers, whether or not combined with each other or with thermometers or barometers, electronic
9025 80 40	Hydrometers, areometers and similar floating instruments, hygrometers and psychrometers, whether or not combined with each other or with thermometers or barometers, electronic
9025 80 80	Hydrometers, areometers and similar floating instruments, hygrometers and psychrometers, whether or not combined with each other or with thermometers or barometers, non-electronic
9025 80 80	Hydrometers, areometers and similar floating instruments, hygrometers and psychrometers, whether or not combined with each other or with thermometers or barometers, non-electronic
9026 20 40	Spiral or metal diaphragm type pressure gauges
9026 20 80	Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases, non-electronic (excl. spiral or metal diaphragm type pressure gauges, and regulators)
9027 30 00	Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations, such as UV, visible, IR
9027 50 00	Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, using UV, visible or IR optical radiations (excl. spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs, and gas or smoke analysis apparatus)
9032 10 20	Electronic thermostats
9032 10 81	Non-electronic thermostats, automatic regulating or controlling, with electrical triggering device
9032 10 81	Non-electronic thermostats, automatic regulating or controlling, with electrical triggering device
9032 10 89	Non-electronic thermostats, without electrical triggering device
9032 20 00	Manostats (excl. taps, cocks and valves of heading 8481)
9032 89 00	Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus (excl. hydraulic or pneumatic, manostats, thermostats, and taps, cocks and valves of heading 8481)
9032 89 00	Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus (excl. hydraulic or pneumatic, manostats, thermostats, and taps, cocks and valves of heading 8481)