Classification of Environmental Protection Facilities, 1994

Protection of ambient air and climate

• Dedusting equipment, filters (Industrial establishments equipped for the treatment of exhaust gases (per centage for NACE two digit categories; percentage of thermal electricity generation plants))
• Air monitoring installations (Number of measurement sites by type of compound monitored; Number of measurements per year; number of mobile equipments)
• Stationary sites in build up areas
• Stationary sites in open areas
• Mobile sites

Waste water treatment

• Sewerage networks (in kilometres)
• Waste water treatment installations (number; capacity in terms of population equivalents or COD)
• Mechanical treatment technology
• Biological treatment technology (excluding septic tanks)
• Advanced treatment technology
• Septic tanks
• Monitoring installations (number of measurement sites; number of mobile equipments; number of measurements per year and by type of water body monitored)

Waste management

• Facilities for the treatment of hazardous waste (number; capacity in terms of weight that can be treated by year, by type of waste as applicable)
• Physical/chemical treatment technology
• Thermal treatment technology
• Biological treatment technology
• Conditioning of radioactive wastes
• Facilities for the treatment of other than-hazardous waste (number; capacity in terms of weight that can be treated by year, by type of waste as applicable)
• Physical/chemical treatment technology
• Incineration of municipal or similar wastes
• Incineration of Industrial wastes
• Biological treatment technology
• Other treatment technologies
• Facilities for the disposal of waste (number of sites)
• Landfill for all types of waste
• Landfill exclusively for hazardous waste
• Containment/underground disposal
• Other disposal installations

Protection of soil and groundwater

• "End-of-pipe" facilities (number)
• Soil surface sealing including ditches and walls, drainage systems
• Catchments for run-offs, losses, leaks
• Improvement of underground storage and transport facilities in the interest of ground water and soil protection
• Removal of underground storage and transport facilities in the interest of ground water and soil protection
• Reservoir liners, reinforcement of transport systems for hazardous products and other integrated facilities (number)

Noise abatement

• Noise barriers: roads, railroads, airports (in kilometres)
• Equipment for follow-up and control of noise (number of sites and measurement equipments)

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Päivitetty 23.4.2004

Contact information:
Eila Salomaa
E-mail: ymparisto.energia@stat.fi