Glossary
Foundry environment Air

Foundry BRIEF :

BAT reference documents called BREFs (Best available techniques REFerence documents) and "BAT conclusions".

PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register)

National inventory lists :

• potentially hazardous chemicals and/or pollutants released into the air, water and soil,

• production and treatment of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.

volatile organic compound (VOC) :

Any organic compound, excluding methane, having a vapor pressure of 0.01 kPa or more at a temperature of 293.15 K, or having a corresponding volatility under particular conditions of use.

dioxins :

Chlorinated polyaromatic compounds, a term covering...