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ACTIVITIES WHICH MAY GENERATE POLLUTANTS SUBJECT TO A PRTR SYSTEM
A100 Agriculture, forest management
A101 Cultivation
A102 Animal husbandry
A103 Forest management and forest exploitation (lumbering)
A110 Animal and vegetable products from the food sector
Al 11 Meat industry, slaughterhouses, butchery
Al 12 Dairy industry
Al 13 Animal and vegetable oil and grease industry
Al 14 Sugar industry
Al 15 Others
A120 Drink Industry
A121 Distillation of alcohol and spirits
A122 Brewing of beer
A123 Manufacture of other drinks
A130 Manufacture of animal feed
Energy

A150 Coal industry
A151 Production and preparation of coal and coal products
A152 Coking operations
A160 Petroleum industry
A161 Extraction of petrol and natural gas
A162 Petroleum refining
A163 Storage of petroleum and products derived from refining of natural gas
A170 Production of electricity
A171 Central thermal facilities
A172 Central hydraulic facilities
A173 Central nuclear facilities
A174 Other central electricity facilities
AI80 Production of water
Metallurgy - Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
A200 Extraction of metallic ores
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A210 Ferrous metallurgy
A211 Cast iron production (coke oven)
A212 Raw steel production (pig iron)
A213 Primary steel transformation (rolling mills)
A220 Non-ferrous metallurgy
A221 Production of alumina
A222 Aluminium metallurgy
A223 Metallurgy of lead and zinc
A224 Metallurgy of precious metals
A225 Metallurgy of other non-ferrous metals
A226 Ferro-alloy industry
A227 Manufacture of electrodes
A230 Foundry and metalworking operations
A231 Ferrous metal foundries
A232 Non-ferrous metal foundries
A233 Metalworking (not including machining)
A240 Mechanical, electrical and electronic construction
A241 Machining
A242 Thermal treatment
A243 Surface treatment
A244 Application of paint
A245 Assembly, wiring
A246 Production of batteries and dry cells
A247 Production of electrical wires and cables (cladding, plating, insulation)
A248 Production of electronic components
Non- Metallic Minerals - Construction Materials - Ceramics - Glass
A260 Mining and quarrying of non-metallic minerals
A270 Construction materials, ceramics, glass
A271 Production of lime, cement and plaster
A272 Fabrication of ceramic products
A273 Fabrication of products containing asbestos-cement
A274 Production of other construction materials
A275 Glass industry
A280 Building, building sites, landscaping
Primary Chemical Industry
A300 Production of primary chemicals and chemical feedstocks
A301 Chlorine industry
A351 Fertilizer fabrication
A401 Other manufacturing generators of primary inorganic industrial chemicals
A451 Petroleum and coal industry
A501 Manufacture of basic plastic materials
A551 Other primary organic chemical manufacture
A601 Chemical treatment of fats; fabrication of basic substances for detergents
A651 Fabrication of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, biocides, weed killers
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A669 Other manufacture of finished chemicals
Industries producing products based upon primary chemicals
A700 Production of inks, varnish, paints, glues
A701 Production of ink
A702 Production of paint
A703 Production of varnish
A704 Production of glue
A710 Fabrication of photographic products
A711 Production of photosensitive plates
A712 Fabrication of products for photographic treatments
A710 Perfume industry and fabrication of soap and detergent products
A721 Fabrication of soap products
A722 Fabrication of detergent products
A723 Fabrication of perfume products
A730 Finished rubber and plastic materials
A731 Rubber industry
A732 Finished plastic materials
A740 Fabrication of products based upon asbestos
A750 Production of powders and explosives
Textiles and Leathers - Various Wood Based and Furniture Industries
A760 Textile and clothing industry
A761 Combing and carding of textile fibres
A762 Threading, spinning, weaving
A763 Bleaching, dyeing, printing
A764 Clothing manufacture
A770 Leather and hide industry
A771 Tanneries, tanning
A772 Fur trade
A773 Manufacture of shoes and other leather products
A780 Wood and furniture industry
A781 Sawmills, production of wood panels
A782 Manufacture of wood and furniture products
A790 Various related industries
Paper - Cardboard - Printing
A800 Paper and cardboard industry
A801 Fabrication of paper pulp
A802 Manufacture of paper and cardboard
A803 Finished goods of paper and cardboard
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A810 Printing, publishing, photographic laboratories A811 Printing, publishing A812 Photographic laboratories
Commercial Seryices
A820 Laundries, bleaching seryices, dyers
A830 Business enterprise
A840 Transport, automobile dealers and repair facilities A841 Automobile dealers and automobile repair facilities A842 Transportation
A850 Hotels, cafés, restaurants
Generał Seryices
A860 Health A861 Health (Hospitals, medical centres, nursing homes, laboratories)
A870 Research A871 Research (including research laboratories)
A880 Administrative actiyities, offices
Households
A890 Households
Pollution Control - Waste Disposal
A900 Cleaning and maintenance of public areas
A910 Urban water treatment facilities
A920 Urban waste treatment
A930 Treatment of industrial effluents and wastes
A931 Incineration
A932 Physico-chemical treatment
A933 Biological treatment
A934 Solidification of wastes
A935 Collection and/or pretreatment of wastes
A936 Landbased disposal above, on or below the surface
Regeneration - Recoyery
A940 Regeneration actiyities A941 Regeneration of oils
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A942 Regeneration of solvents
A943 Regeneration of ion exchange resins
A950 Recovery activities

Implementing a PRTR system will likely be a step-by-step process where all affected and interested parties will learn by doing. Again, depending on the goals and national objectives, PRTR lists may be developed from established criteria; may be small, medium or large lists of chemicals; and may address point and/or diffuse sources.

To some, this suggests starting with a relatively small list of chemicals which tend to be proscribed by many countries, e.g. known carcinogens, cyanidic species, greenhouse gases (if PRTR agreed goals are to include non-point sources as well as point sources) and so on. There is, however, another way to operate in a step-by-step fashion and also compromise well with those who argue about burdens of reporting on chemicals which pose acceptable risks and those who argue that essentially all pollutant releases and transfers may pose unacceptable risks.

Once goals have been agreed, the next step is to define terms relevant to any PRTR system, e.g. “emission”, “pollutant”, etc. At the end of Chapter 5, a glossary of such terms, as proposed by the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) of the UN, can be found. This glossary includes not only IPCS suggestions but also those of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, World Health Organisation and the Concise Oxford Dictionary. The term “transfer”2 is not included in this glossary because in the context of a PRTR, what constitutes a “transfer” can markedly affect the list of chemicals to be included in the PRTR system.
Affected and interested parties should decide how “transfers” will be treated in terms of the goals and implementation of a PRTR system. If a transfer, for example, were taken to mean only the removal of solid, sludgy or liquid wastes from the place of generation to a recovery operation, treatment or storage or disposal facility (off-site), then the PRTR list would properly include a list of such wastes. That is true so long as tracking waste movements has been identified as a goal of a PRTR. But if the meaning of “transfer” were broadened to include potentially harmful chemicals in products such as toluene in paints, nail polish and adhesives or mercury in batteries and fever thermometers, then reporters would need to indicate total quantities of these transfers. In that situation, the PRTR list would have to be drawn up to
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word transfer as: “to convey or take from one place, person, etc. to another; to transmit, transport; to give or hand over from one to another”.