UK 1,3-Butadiene (C 4 H 6 ) Emissions
tonnes UK 1,3-Butadiene (C 4 H 6 ) Emissions
Overall UK 1,3-butadiene emissions have decreased by 82.2% to 1.1 kt since 2000 – primarily due to decreasing transport sector emissions, including a 13% decrease in overall emissions in 2020. While energy sector emissions had previously been increasing on an annual average of 1.5% between 2010 and 2019, those emissions fell by 7.3% in 2020.
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Transport C 4 H 6 Emissions
tonnes Transport C 4 H 6 Emissions
The road segment accounts for 50% of 1,3-butadiene transport sector emissions, down from 96.3% of the 2000 total. By contrast, 1,3-butadiene emissions from the shipping segment have seen an average annual increase in emissions of 4.5% since 2000, seeing the first year-on-year decrease in emissions (by 11.9%) in 2020. Please note that the graphs on this page have units of tonnes.
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