Sources
and links for BAT and cleaner technologies
Executive summaries of the reference documents on Best
Available Techniques (BREFs) composed by European Commission:
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| Industrial cooling systems |
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| Glass industry |
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| Chlor-Alkali manufacturing industry |
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| Mineral oil and gas refineries |
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| Ferrous metals processing industry |
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| Tannery industry |
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| The large volume organic chemicals |
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| Pulp and paper industry |
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| Production of iron and steel |
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| Waste water and waste gas treatment and management |
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| Cement and lime manufacturing industry |
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| Non ferrous metals industries |
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| Large volume inorganic chemicals - solids and others |
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| Speciality inorganic chemicals |
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| Polymers |
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| Ceramic manufacturing industry |
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| Surface treatment using organic solvents |
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| Large volume inorganic chemicals - ammonia, acids and fertilizers |
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| Intensive rearing of poultry and pigs |
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| Economic Cross Media |
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| Energy Efficiency |
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| Food, Drink and Milk |
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| Foundries |
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| Large Combustion Plants |
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| Monitoring |
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| Organic Fine Chemicals |
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| Slaughterhouses |
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| Storage |
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| Surface Treatment Metals and Plastics |
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| Textile |
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| Waste Incineration |
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| Waste Treatment |
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IPPC team has drafted BAT-notes for 4 activites:
| Fish Industry (in Estonian only) |
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| Electroplating Industry |
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| Wood and Furniture Industry |
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| Intensive rearing of cattle |
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You can download BAT-notes by clicking on the document
format after the activity. For fish industry and wood and furniture industry,
the RTF document (for Word and most text editors) or Acrobat PDF document
(universal document format, not editable, requires Adobe
Acrobat - freeware - to be installed) can be downloaded. For electroplating,
a ZIP file, 1.3Mb, consisting of 2 RTF files and one DCX (viewable with
Windows Imaging software) image will be downloaded. If you have problems
with files or images, please contact to webmaster.
This page gives links to web addresses which have information on BAT for
the different activities mentioned in the annex one of the directive:
(Under link there is a pulldown menu where you can find the list of activities
described on this link)
HELCOM - the Helsinki convention (Baltic
Sea)
The number after the activity indicates
the HELCOM Recommendation number, to ease your search
- The BAT notes have emission limit values
- The BAT notes can be downloaded directly
- Estonia has signed the HELCOM convention
- The handbook can be read directly on the web page (click your way to it starting from the above web address. The Handbook link is on the bottom under "Other Key Resources" ).
- Part III – project guidelines contain BAT notes can be down loaded directly and read in your word programme
The Irish EPA has issued BATNEEC notes - all available on the www address above
- All BAT notes can be downloaded directly (Acrobat reader needed)
- The BAT notes have emissions limit values
Follow this path: Welcome - Publications - Search e.g. pulp and choose "order by title"
EU BREFs – the EU BAT notes
Follow this action path: Click on Activities - go to the bottom of the page - Select the sector you are interested in
- the BREFs are very large documents and it takes a long time to down load (5-10 minutes) – so be patient.
- For easy reading you may save to your own hard disc.
- Acrobat Reader is needed
- Please note: There are only draft BAT documents for a few sectors for the time being.
- The BAT notes can be downloaded (or can be ordered)
- Information on cleaner production, clean technologies
- ICPIC database with more than 600 cleaner production examples
- Ongoing projects
