Environmental surveillance of incinerators: 2006-2009 data on dioxin/furan atmospheric deposition and associated thresholds

Françoise Bodénan (1) , Pascale Michel (1) , Lise Cary (1) , Aurélien Leynet (1) , Patrice Piantone (1)

1 BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)

In a context of installations complying with current regulations, which means low emission values from industrial plants, this article presents a compilation of recent data (2006-2009) obtained from French MSW incinerator surveillance plans with respect to atmospheric dioxin/furan deposition. Two thresholds are provided that could be used in air quality surveillance as discussed above: 5 and 16 pg TEQ/m2/d. Finally one can insist on the interest of integrated monitoring method such as Owen gauges to measure atmospheric pollution over a long period and detect anomalous situations; not always detectable during spot analysis at the source.

Keywords: dioxin; furan; incinerator; deposition

Domains: Mineralogy

Françoise Bodénan, Pascale Michel, Lise Cary, Aurélien Leynet, Patrice Piantone. Environmental surveillance of incinerators: 2006-2009 data on dioxin/furan atmospheric deposition and associated thresholds. 31st International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants DIOXIN 2011, Aug 2011, Bruxelles, Belgium. pp.4104. ⟨hal-00664430⟩