ESPREME

Title: Estimation of willingness-to-pay to reduce the risk of exposure to heavy metals and cost benefit analysis for reducing heavy metals occurence in Europe

Project manager: R. Kubica / D. Panasiuk

Ordered by: European Commission

Type of project: FP6

official website: http://espreme.ier.uni-stuttgart.de/

Summary

In project NILU Polska prepared database on costs of heavy metals reduction measures in industry. Data for measures used in energy sector, metallurgy of iron and non-ferrous metals, cement production, chlorine production (mercury cell plants) and waste incineration were collected.

Other tasks were review of EU directives and international conventions concerning the heavy metals emission reduction and comparison of available macro-economic models and feasibility study for analysis of effects of heavy metals reduction strategies.

Reports

  • Panasiuk D., Pacyna J.M., Joint overview report and comparison of available methods and models for macroeconomic assessment, ESPREME D07 Report, Katowice 2007, 
  • Panasiuk D., Report on national and international treaties and regulations concerning the heavy metals emission reduction, ESPREME Report D01e, Katowice 2005, 

    • Publications

  • Pacyna E.G., Pacyna J.M., Fudała J., Strzelecka-Jastrząb E., Hławiczka S., Panasiuk D., Nitter S., Preggere Th., Pfeiffere H., Friedrich R., Current and future emissions of selected heavy metals to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources in Europe, Atmospheric Environment vol. 41 (2007), p.8557-8566, Elsevier, December 2007,