Survey of the mercury-containing wastes released from various sources in Korea

Sehui Kim; Yujin Eom; Tai Gyu Lee

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.61, 288-294, May, 2018

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2017.12.026 Export Citation

Survey of the mercury-containing wastes released from various sources in Korea

Sehui Kim, Yujin Eom¹, and Tai Gyu Lee^†

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
¹YS Institute of Environmental Technology, Insa-dong 5-gil 42, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03149, Republic of Korea

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An extensive study of wastes containing mercury (Hg) released from carefully selected industrial sources in Korea was conducted. First, 89 sources associated with 21 Hg waste-producing industries were selected for investigation. The types of waste generated, the treatment methods used, the total annual amounts of waste released, and Hg concentrations of waste samples were then thoroughly identified. Two wastewater treatment sludge samples were classified as waste with high Hg concentrations (US EPA; >260 mg/kg). Based on the 156 waste samples analyzed in this study, the total annual amount of Hg released was estimated to be close to 33 t.

Keywords:Minamata convention;Basel convention;Fly ash;Bottom ash;Sludge

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[Referenced By]

[1] United Nations Environment Programme, Report of the Governing Council Twenty-first session, New York, (2001).

[2] United Nations Environment Programme, Text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury for Adoption by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries, Kumamoto, 2013.

[3] United Nations Environment Programme, Scenario Note for the First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, Geneva, 2017.

[4] European Union, Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the banning of exports of metallic mercury and certain mercury compounds and mixtures and the safe storage of metallic mercury, Brussel, (2008).

[5] United States Department of Energy, Final Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury Environmental Impact Statement, Washington DC, (2011).

[6] United Nations Environment Programme, Partnership Areas Business Plans, Rome, (2012).

[7] National Institute of Environmental Research, A study of the estimation and management of the recyclable Hg from major domestic industrial facilities, Republic of Korea, (2011).

[8] National Institute of Environmental Research, A study of sampling for identifying the characteristics of atmospheric Hg releases, Republic of Korea, (2012).

[9] National Institute of Environmental Research, A study of the Hg release characteristics of Hg-containing wastes, Republic of Korea, (2012).

[10] Basel Convention, Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of elemental mercury and wastes containing or contaminated with mercury. ... Cartagena, Colombia, 2011.

[11] U.S. EPA, Method 7473: Mercury in Solids and Solutions by Thermal Decomposition, Amalgamation, and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, 2000.

[12] U.S. EPA, Method 7471B: Mercury in Solid or Semisolid Waste (Manual Cold-vapor Technique), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, 2010.

[13] The Korean Ministry of Environment, Waste Control Act, Republic of Korea, (2012).

[14] United States Department of Energy, Technical Guidelines for the Environ-mentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of Elemental Mercury and Wastes Containing or Contaminated with Mercury, UNEP/CHW.10/6/Add.2/Rev.1, Cartagena, (2011).

[15] The Korean Ministry of Environment, Primary Survey on Distribution and Emission of Domestic Mercury, Republic of Korea, (2009).

[16] Moghaddam HK, Pakizeh M, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 21, 221 (2015)

[17] Nasirimoghaddam S, Zeinali S, Sabbaghi S, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 27, 79 (2015)

[18] Jainae K, Sukpirom N, Fuangswasdi S, Unob F, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 23, 273 (2015)