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Heavy metal emissions in Slovenia significantly decreased between 1990 and 2020. This can be largely attributed to the implementation of the EU legislation, improved surveillance and use of the best available technology. 


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Figure ZR12-1: Heavy metal emissions in Slovenia
Sources: 

National emission inventory, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2022 (5. 5. 2022)

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Lead (Pb)[index (1990=100)]

Cadmium (Cd)[index (1990=100)]

Mercury (Hg)[index (1990=100)]

1990

100

100

100

1991

89.54

87.10

92.31

1992

83.92

89.49

91.06

1993

82.12

85.95

83.17

1994

82.86

87.77

83.45

1995

53.45

87.42

71.69

1996

25.38

85.29

67.99

1997

23.35

90.18

75.14

1998

20.22

92.30

76.88

1999

18.13

86.05

69.96

2000

16.53

90.21

68.98

2001

13.46

103.70

64.66

2002

11.77

95.25

67.11

2003

11.97

100.64

63.79

2004

12.23

100.48

62.12

2005

13.44

112.22

63.48

2006

13.15

107.01

59.35

2007

13.21

113.85

60.50

2008

14.05

113.13

61.82

2009

10.59

99.94

52.25

2010

12.70

108.45

54.20

2011

12.54

108.32

53.71

2012

12.31

102.28

52.80

2013

11.45

103.82

54.43

2014

10.40

92.89

52.27

2015

11.00

98.02

51.31

2016

11.17

99.65

51.13

2017

11.06

99.03

53.99

2018

11.38

93.27

54.58

2019

10.19

89.28

53.92

2020

8.90

85.80

52.64

Figure ZR12-2: Emission trends for lead (Pb) in Slovenia by sectors, 1990- 2020
Sources: 

National emission inventory, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2022 (5. 5. 2022)

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Energy industries[t]

Manufacturing industries and construction[t]

Road transport[t]

Other transport[t]

Small combustion[t]

Industrial processes and product use[t]

Waste[t]

Agriculture[t]

1990

0.84

0.96

29.09

8.06

1.22

2.35

0.00

0

1991

0.76

0.85

25.60

7.87

1.44

1.55

0.00

0

1992

0.85

0.68

25.01

6.27

1.24

1.63

0.00

0

1993

0.81

0.56

26.70

4.30

1.09

1.45

0.00

0

1994

0.79

0.49

26.66

4.75

0.90

1.62

0.01

0

1995

0.77

0.55

16.75

2.22

0.83

1.60

0.00

0

1996

0.70

0.56

6.66

0.65

0.82

1.40

0.00

0

1997

0.77

0.58

5.77

0.49

0.74

1.56

0.01

0

1998

0.81

0.58

4.33

0.49

0.72

1.65

0.01

0

1999

0.71

0.52

3.65

0.34

0.73

1.75

0.01

0

2000

0.74

0.51

2.99

0.16

0.68

1.94

0.01

0

2001

0.81

0.59

1.53

0.02

0.78

1.98

0.02

0

2002

0.85

0.68

0.74

0.00

0.63

2.07

0.03

0

2003

0.80

0.59

0.74

0.00

0.66

2.27

0.04

0

2004

0.82

0.62

0.72

0.00

0.62

2.41

0.01

0

2005

0.83

0.61

0.74

0.00

0.71

2.81

0.01

0

2006

0.85

0.60

0.76

0.00

0.63

2.75

0.01

0

2007

0.87

0.52

0.81

0.00

0.69

2.71

0.01

0

2008

0.88

0.52

0.89

0.00

0.70

2.97

0.01

0

2009

0.82

0.45

0.76

0.00

0.68

1.77

0.02

0

2010

0.84

0.46

0.77

0.00

0.68

2.61

0.05

0

2011

0.86

0.45

0.79

0.00

0.68

2.51

0.05

0

2012

0.82

0.41

0.77

0.00

0.65

2.55

0.04

0

2013

0.79

0.45

0.73

0.00

0.66

2.19

0.04

0

2014

0.60

0.48

0.71

0.00

0.54

2.05

0.03

0

2015

0.64

0.43

0.70

0.00

0.61

2.28

0.03

0

2016

0.69

0.40

0.72

0.00

0.62

2.29

0.03

0

2017

0.69

0.43

0.74

0.00

0.58

2.24

0.03

0

2018

0.67

0.43

0.57

0.00

0.51

2.63

0.03

0

2019

0.65

0.43

0.56

0.00

0.48

2.18

0.03

0

2020

0.64

0.37

0.46

0.00

0.46

1.82

0.03

0

Figure ZR12-3: Lead (Pb) emissions in Slovenia and EU countries, 1990-2020
Sources: 

Air pollutant emissions data viewer (Gothenburg Protocol, LRTAP Convention) 1990-2020, EEA, 2022 (10. 10. 2022)

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Austria[index (1990 = 100)]

Croatia[index (1990 = 100)]

Italy[index (1990 = 100)]

Hungary[index (1990 = 100)]

Malta[index (1990 = 100)]

Latvia[index (1990 = 100)]

Slovenia[index (1990 = 100)]

EU27[index (1990 = 100)]

1990

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

1991

84.49

67.99

76.47

87.34

96.41

72.20

89.54

75.04

1992

60.19

49.94

57.43

33.95

99.75

54.70

83.92

57.60

1993

42.65

49.46

53.10

29.60

121.62

60.95

82.12

52.69

1994

29.54

53.89

48.89

23.69

118.75

63.88

82.86

48.59

1995

11.18

50.38

46.60

17.54

115.43

54.66

53.45

44.66

1996

10.65

40.54

44.07

14.01

111.18

52.91

25.38

38.70

1997

10.57

36.77

39.80

11.93

115.10

69.69

23.35

33.99

1998

10.19

34.98

36.69

11.16

111.91

66.51

20.22

30.79

1999

10.08

34.01

32.77

3.53

115.73

64.81

18.13

27.00

2000

9.97

27.78

22.47

2.33

114.54

65.51

16.53

18.25

2001

9.81

21.23

16.92

2.39

101.47

65.94

13.46

13.15

2002

10.37

12.99

6.10

2.52

120.58

66.48

11.77

10.56

2003

10.44

6.28

6.25

2.57

124.63

71.96

11.97

9.91

2004

10.55

4.11

6.57

2.42

129.64

72.72

12.23

9.19

2005

11.20

2.63

6.89

1.32

1344.32

72.46

13.44

8.64

2006

11.61

1.97

6.91

1.23

1361.89

72.63

13.15

8.52

2007

6.21

1.90

6.85

1.18

1382.01

73.89

13.21

8.33

2008

6.24

1.79

6.42

1.39

1357.86

69.77

14.05

8.42

2009

5.81

1.67

4.53

1.12

1289.87

58.35

10.59

6.36

2010

6.40

1.56

5.05

1.04

1282.05

70.34

12.70

7.28

2011

6.45

1.51

5.29

1.17

882.41

1.65

12.54

5.83

2012

6.45

1.35

5.13

1.16

3273.55

2.32

12.31

5.68

2013

6.59

1.61

4.72

1.09

1164.53

1.54

11.45

5.82

2014

6.24

1.49

4.80

1.04

1525.90

1.34

10.40

5.46

2015

6.07

1.50

4.60

1.10

483.25

1.28

11.00

5.26

2016

6.27

1.53

4.06

1.11

279.41

1.28

11.17

5.03

2017

6.30

1.55

4.24

1.08

73.26

1.31

11.06

5.15

2018

6.20

1.59

4.27

1.02

76.31

1.32

11.38

5.45

2019

6.03

0.98

4.12

1.05

82.93

1.29

10.19

4.91

2020

5.36

1.04

3.64

0.86

68.62

1.20

8.90

4.38

Figure ZR12-4: Emission trends for cadmium (Cd) in Slovenia by sectors
Sources: 

National emission inventory, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2022 (5. 5. 2022)

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Energy industries[t]

Manufacturing industries and construction[t]

Road transport[t]

Other transport[t]

Small combustion[t]

Fugitive emissions from fuels[t]

Industrial processes and product use[t]

Waste[t]

Agriculture[t]

Total[t]

1990

0.10

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.24

0.00

0.19

0.00

0

0.61

1991

0.09

0.05

0.01

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.12

0.00

0

0.53

1992

0.10

0.05

0.01

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.13

0.00

0

0.55

1993

0.10

0.05

0.01

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.11

0.00

0

0.53

1994

0.10

0.05

0.01

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.13

0.00

0

0.54

1995

0.09

0.05

0.01

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.13

0.00

0

0.53

1996

0.08

0.06

0.02

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.11

0.00

0

0.52

1997

0.09

0.06

0.02

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.12

0.00

0

0.55

1998

0.10

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.13

0.00

0

0.56

1999

0.09

0.03

0.01

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.14

0.00

0

0.53

2000

0.09

0.03

0.01

0.00

0.26

0.00

0.15

0.00

0

0.55

2001

0.10

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.31

0.00

0.15

0.00

0

0.63

2002

0.10

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.24

0.00

0.16

0.00

0

0.58

2003

0.10

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.26

0.00

0.17

0.01

0

0.61

2004

0.10

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.17

0.00

0

0.61

2005

0.10

0.08

0.02

0.00

0.30

0.00

0.18

0.00

0

0.69

2006

0.10

0.07

0.02

0.00

0.27

0.00

0.19

0.00

0

0.65

2007

0.10

0.06

0.02

0.00

0.31

0.00

0.20

0.00

0

0.70

2008

0.10

0.06

0.02

0.00

0.30

0.00

0.20

0.00

0

0.69

2009

0.10

0.05

0.02

0.00

0.29

0.00

0.15

0.00

0

0.61

2010

0.10

0.05

0.02

0.00

0.30

0.00

0.18

0.01

0

0.66

2011

0.10

0.05

0.02

0.00

0.30

0.00

0.19

0.01

0

0.66

2012

0.10

0.04

0.02

0.00

0.29

0.00

0.17

0.01

0

0.62

2013

0.09

0.05

0.02

0.00

0.30

0.00

0.17

0.01

0

0.63

2014

0.07

0.06

0.02

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.17

0.00

0

0.57

2015

0.08

0.06

0.02

0.00

0.28

0.00

0.16

0.00

0

0.60

2016

0.08

0.05

0.02

0.00

0.28

0.00

0.16

0.00

0

0.61

2017

0.08

0.06

0.02

0.00

0.27

0.00

0.17

0.00

0

0.61

2018

0.08

0.05

0.02

0.00

0.24

0.00

0.17

0.00

0

0.57

2019

0.08

0.06

0.02

0.00

0.22

0.00

0.17

0.00

0

0.55

2020

0.07

0.06

0.02

0.00

0.21

0.00

0.16

0.00

0

0.52

Figure ZR12-5: Cadmium (Cd) emissions in Slovenia and EU countries, 1990-2020
Sources: 

National emissions reported to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, Air pollutant emissions data viewer (LRTAP Convention), EEA, 2022 (10. 10. 2022)

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Austria[index (1990 = 100)]

Croatia[index (1990 = 100)]

Italy[index (1990 = 100)]

Hungary[index (1990 = 100)]

Lithuania[index (1990 = 100)]

Finland[index (1990 = 100)]

Slovenia[index (1990 = 100)]

EU27[index (1990 = 100)]

1990

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

1991

94.64

92.60

107.71

93.45

111.28

57.00

87.10

91.08

1992

78.81

72.82

101.97

87.14

57.96

49.76

89.49

84.36

1993

71.17

76.35

98.82

90.78

63.60

50.66

85.95

80.07

1994

65.80

67.61

95.60

87.81

59.61

40.68

87.77

78.81

1995

63.50

73.68

95.42

86.40

52.14

31.81

87.42

76.65

1996

62.70

78.73

93.56

84.93

56.63

28.57

85.29

77.41

1997

60.87

75.86

93.17

84.73

58.25

23.78

90.18

76.20

1998

58.20

79.11

90.00

83.44

72.76

25.34

92.30

73.11

1999

60.47

82.30

89.03

80.48

59.68

22.95

86.05

70.20

2000

59.58

76.91

91.43

94.45

54.60

21.11

90.21

64.30

2001

60.50

84.00

89.48

99.21

66.14

26.10

103.70

61.16

2002

59.41

83.54

74.56

82.43

71.73

20.56

95.25

60.99

2003

60.68

89.97

71.35

86.06

75.27

19.85

100.64

58.19

2004

60.62

91.16

74.83

76.90

83.27

24.16

100.48

56.72

2005

63.33

96.12

77.23

70.65

85.33

21.70

112.22

54.15

2006

66.03

91.64

72.66

71.87

81.01

21.33

107.01

52.40

2007

52.57

81.47

70.97

74.69

68.55

18.94

113.85

49.97

2008

53.60

83.82

62.93

72.21

83.77

18.04

113.13

47.94

2009

52.81

82.00

49.40

75.65

79.30

17.25

99.94

42.31

2010

57.66

84.02

46.81

80.09

82.62

19.19

108.45

43.06

2011

55.98

78.43

46.39

88.01

82.81

18.23

108.32

42.05

2012

57.16

75.27

43.31

90.44

82.30

17.50

102.28

39.86

2013

57.42

75.30

39.86

89.19

83.33

16.15

103.82

38.85

2014

54.01

67.56

39.14

80.75

76.36

13.75

92.89

37.98

2015

55.20

71.79

39.20

85.76

82.03

13.30

98.02

37.42

2016

54.59

67.45

38.65

83.90

88.33

14.06

99.65

37.54

2017

55.93

67.45

39.08

84.39

91.55

14.28

99.03

37.01

2018

55.60

68.21

38.89

76.50

89.40

13.18

93.27

36.10

2019

54.80

64.56

37.70

73.23

89.02

11.80

89.28

34.63

2020

53.65

64.14

34.92

72.61

87.05

10.47

85.80

32.79

Figure ZR12-6: Emission trends for mercury (Hg) in Slovenia by sectors
Sources: 

National emission inventory, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2022 (5. 5. 2022)

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Energy industries[t]

Manufacturing industries and construction[t]

Road transport[t]

Other transport[t]

Small combustion[t]

Fugitive emissions from fuels[t]

Industrial processes and product use[t]

Waste[t]

Agriculture[t]

Total[t]

1990

0.16

0.10

0.01

0.00

0.04

0.00

0.05

0.01

0

0.38

1991

0.14

0.10

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.00

0.03

0.01

0

0.35

1992

0.16

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.04

0.00

0.03

0.01

0

0.34

1993

0.16

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.04

0.00

0.03

0.01

0

0.31

1994

0.15

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.03

0.00

0.04

0.02

0

0.31

1995

0.11

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.03

0.00

0.04

0.01

0

0.27

1996

0.10

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.03

0.01

0

0.25

1997

0.11

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.03

0.02

0

0.28

1998

0.12

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.03

0.02

0

0.29

1999

0.10

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.03

0.02

0

0.26

2000

0.10

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.04

0.02

0

0.26

2001

0.07

0.09

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.04

0.02

0

0.24

2002

0.08

0.09

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.04

0.02

0

0.25

2003

0.07

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.04

0.03

0

0.24

2004

0.06

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.04

0.02

0

0.23

2005

0.06

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.04

0.02

0

0.24

2006

0.04

0.09

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.05

0.02

0

0.22

2007

0.05

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.05

0.02

0

0.23

2008

0.04

0.09

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.05

0.02

0

0.23

2009

0.04

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.04

0.02

0

0.20

2010

0.04

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.05

0.02

0

0.20

2011

0.04

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.05

0.02

0

0.20

2012

0.04

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.02

0

0.20

2013

0.04

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.05

0.03

0

0.20

2014

0.03

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.02

0

0.20

2015

0.03

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.03

0

0.19

2016

0.03

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.03

0

0.19

2017

0.04

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.03

0

0.20

2018

0.03

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.03

0

0.20

2019

0.03

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.03

0

0.20

2020

0.03

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.03

0

0.20

Figure ZR12-7: Mercury (Hg) emissions in Slovenia and EU countries, 1990-2020
Sources: 

National emissions reported to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, Air pollutant emissions data viewer (LRTAP Convention), EEA, 2022 (10. 10. 2022)

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Austria[index (1990 = 100)]

Croatia[index (1990 = 100)]

Italy[index (1990 = 100)]

Hungary[index (1990 = 100)]

Portugal[index (1990 = 100)]

Denmark[index (1990 = 100)]

Slovenia[index (1990 = 100)]

EU27[index (1990 = 100)]

1990

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

1991

96.02

96.73

97.56

97.00

101.81

103.69

92.31

93.93

1992

79.37

98.37

96.52

85.70

102.72

94.81

91.06

87.62

1993

69.41

28.35

94.28

87.05

100.42

92.67

83.17

80.02

1994

62.15

26.07

91.71

83.36

105.06

80.48

83.45

78.10

1995

63.09

25.76

93.85

71.20

111.36

73.44

71.69

76.74

1996

59.82

24.99

92.36

68.64

115.66

77.87

67.99

74.03

1997

62.18

29.18

94.49

66.18

128.05

62.63

75.14

69.60

1998

56.42

31.18

93.90

63.04

118.72

53.22

76.88

66.06

1999

54.66

34.17

90.71

62.47

116.28

47.02

69.96

63.57

2000

55.30

42.61

95.31

61.18

106.77

31.84

68.98

62.70

2001

58.05

43.69

94.48

60.85

93.05

27.72

64.66

57.92

2002

58.14

47.79

94.75

58.48

90.40

26.79

67.11

58.54

2003

59.78

49.75

99.10

57.76

85.00

27.50

63.79

56.40

2004

59.22

50.75

84.97

54.86

87.13

23.06

62.12

54.16

2005

63.52

52.73

81.89

49.22

81.94

21.96

63.48

52.11

2006

42.70

50.28

83.92

35.59

80.76

19.59

59.35

50.25

2007

43.03

52.65

75.07

34.72

79.76

19.16

60.50

47.51

2008

43.60

50.91

70.54

36.19

76.36

18.94

61.82

44.79

2009

38.37

44.91

52.90

33.12

74.87

14.37

52.25

38.20

2010

43.00

46.88

55.60

32.53

73.37

13.62

54.20

39.23

2011

42.86

44.83

56.32

32.26

65.84

12.55

53.71

39.46

2012

43.41

42.14

60.64

33.29

63.26

9.82

52.80

37.61

2013

45.42

43.36

50.90

29.97

60.49

10.56

54.43

35.24

2014

43.31

42.17

55.38

31.47

59.58

10.67

52.27

34.98

2015

42.79

41.13

47.34

32.86

62.58

9.13

51.31

33.21

2016

39.98

41.84

41.88

32.05

61.01

10.60

51.13

31.75

2017

41.15

36.24

46.15

35.79

64.33

9.05

53.99

31.69

2018

39.90

36.30

45.08

31.11

61.23

8.77

54.58

31.07

2019

40.52

32.21

41.69

30.31

58.73

7.38

53.92

28.21

2020

41.09

32.90

37.78

29.35

56.16

7.48

52.64

25.42



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