Antwerp’s pollution drops, despite rise in industry

Atmospheric pollutants in Antwerp harbour have dropped significantly over the last decade, according to recent figures.

Emissions per tonne in large-scale industry have been nearly halved in ten years despite production in the area growing by 10%.

Further, over a period of thirty years, production more than doubled while total emissions dropped by about two thirds.

The results came from a survey conducted by Dutch industry group Voka and the Antwerp-Waasland Chamber of Commerce which covered 1998 to 2008 and focussed on 31 of the largest industrial companies in the harbour area, including the petrochemical cluster.

(Source: Port Strategy)