About this Manual

The purpose of all Emission Estimation Technique (EET) Manuals in this series is to assist Australian manufacturing, industrial and service facilities to report emissions of listed substances to the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI). This Manual describes the procedures and recommended approaches for estimating emissions from facilities engaged in chemical product manufacture. This Manual applies to facilities primarily engaged in the manufacture of cellulose nitrate, recycled plastic, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride, synthetic rubber, synthetic resins (except adhesives) and rubber recycling. For guidance on estimating emissions from the manufacture of the basic monomers for chemical products (ie. plastic raw material), please refer to the Emission Estimation Technique Manual for Organic Chemical Processing Industries.

EET MANUAL: Chemical Product Manufacture

HANDBOOK: Chemical Product Manufacture

ANZSIC CODE: 2533

First published in December 1999
National Pollutant Inventory
Environment Australia

Emission Estimation Techniques Used in the Manuals

Estimates of emissions of NPI-listed substances to air, water and land should be reported for each substance that triggers a threshold. The reporting list and detailed information on thresholds are contained in the NPI Guide at the front of this Industry Handbook. In general, there are four types of emission estimation technique (EET) that may be used to estimate emissions from a facility.

The four types described in the NPI Guide are:

• sampling or direct measurement
• mass balance
• fuel analysis or other engineering calculations
• emission factors