40 likes | 57 Views
Study by University of Tokyo on mercury exposure and emissions during disposal; importance of data in managing environmental effects.
E N D
Environmental effects of mercury in used fluorescent tube through disposal stage M. HARA*, T. HONDA*, H. X. Nguyen *, K. NAKAZAWA**, R. YAMAMOTO* and I. YASUI*** Institute of Industrial Science University of Tokyo
Introduction ・ 2007: RoHS direction enacted ・ Difficult to substitute Mercury in fluorescent tube ・ Not enough data for general population Purpose • ・Calculating the exposure of mercury through air • ・Calculating • mercury emission, • energy consumption and • solid waste through deposition stage
Eco-indicator 99 EPS 2000 Figure 2Emission and consumption Figure 3Evaluation with other methods