А.1. Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air

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• Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air in total, from stationary sources, and from mobile sources;
• Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air by selected ingredients (sulphur dioxide (SO₂), nitrogen oxides (NO₂), hydrocarbons including non-methane volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide (CO), total suspended particulates); emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air from stationary sources by selected ingredients (ammonia (NH₃), methane (CH₄), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg));
• Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air by economic activity;
• The indicators are also presented per capita, per unit area as well as per unit of GDP.

Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air in the Republic of Belarus
(thousand tonnes)

Methodology:

The total emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air comprise emissions from mobile and stationary sources;

Mobile sources of emission are transport vehicles, self-propelled machines, the operation of whose engines entails air polluting emissions;

emissions of pollutants from mobile sources are formed in accordance with environmental standards and rules of EcoNiP 17.08.06-001-2022 “Environmental protection and natural resource management. Atmospheric air (including the ozone layer). Environmental safety requirements in the field of atmospheric air protection”, approved by the resolution of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 32-T of 29 December 2022;

the official statistical information on emissions of pollutants from mobile sources for 2016 – 2021 have been adjusted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus taking into account changes in the calculation methodology in accordance with international approaches;

Stationary sources of emissions are sources of emissions, the displacement of which without dismantling is impossible and the location of which can be determined using a unified state coordinate system, or which can be moved by means of a vehicle or other mobile device, but require a fixed (stationary) position during their operation;

emissions of pollutants from stationary sources are formed on the data of the state statistical report 1-воздух (Минприроды) “Отчет о выбросах загрязняющих веществ в атмосферный воздух от стационарных источников выбросов” (Report on emissions of polluting substances into the atmospheric air from stationary sources of emissions) submitted by legal entities carrying out economic and other activities related to emissions of pollutants substances into the atmospheric air from stationary sources of emissions, in compliance with the permit for emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air or the integrated environmental permit;

the official statistical information on emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air from stationary sources is classified by economic activity:

- for 2010-2015: the National classification of the Republic of Belarus 005-2006 «Types of Economic Activity» (compliant with NACE Rev.1.1) was used;

- since 2016: the National classification of the Republic of Belarus 005-2011 «Types of Economic Activity» (compliant with NACE Rev.2.0) is used.

Data source:

Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air from stationary sources: state statistical report 1-воздух (Минприроды) “Отчет о выбросах загрязняющих веществ в атмосферный воздух от стационарных источников выбросов” (Report on emissions of polluting substances into the atmospheric air from stationary sources of emissions);

the data producers:
- for 1990-2014 – National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus;
- sinse 2015 – Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus;

Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air from mobile sources: administrative data; the data producer is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus.

Relevance of the indicator:

The indicator provides a measure of existing and expected pressure on the environment in terms of emissions of harmful substances into the atmospheric air.