In the national emission inventory "dioxin" refers to a group of chlorinated compounds including both dioxins and furans. The major part of the dioxin emission owe to wood combustion in the residential sector, mainly in wood stoves and ovens without flue gas cleaning. Wood combustion in residential plants accounts for 90 % of the dioxin emission from the non-industrial combustion sector in 2009. The contribution to the total dioxin emission from the waste sector owe to accidental fires, especially building fires. The emission of dioxins from energy industries owe mainly to the combustion of biomass as wood, wood waste and to a less extend agricultural waste.

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