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2.G(c) - Use of Charcoal for barbecues
| Category Code | Name of Category | Method | AD | EF |
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| 2.G© | Other Product use: Fireworks | T1 | NS | C |
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In this sub-category of 2.G - Other product use, Germany reports the following emissions resulting from the burning of charcoal for barbecues:
| NOx | NMVOC | SO2 | NH3 | PM2.5 | PM10 | TSP | BC | CO | Heavy Metals | POPs |
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| NE | NE | NE | NE | -/- | -/- | -/- | NE | NE | NE | NE |
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Method
The amount of charcoal used for barbecue has been ever-expanding from 1990 to 2012 and is predominantly imported.
After several years with stable demand, consumption is declining the fourth consecutive year.
However, as there is only one big producer, used amounts and emission factors are considered confidential and cannto be provided here.
Activity data
The annual charcoal consumption for barbecue is calculated as
annual imports + annual domestic production - annual exports
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with the relevant amounts of charcoal derived from national statistics provided by the Federal Statistical Office (DESTATIS).
Other applications for charcoal are not included.
The model is based on the two assumptions that (i) there is no storage of charcoal and that (ii) all charcoal is burned during usage.
Emission factors
The emission factors are comparable as those from the CEPMEIP Database (SNAP: 060508) (CEPMEIP, 2018) 1).
Uncertainties
The uncertainties of consumption are 20% and the uncertainties of emission are not more than 54% for the lower and upper bounds.
Recalculations
The import and export data for 2022 were changed as revised activity data for the foreign sale was available from the Federal Statistical Office. The emissions of PM2.5, PM10 and TSP reported for 2022 increased by 4.9 %.
For pollutant-specific information on recalculated emission estimates for Base Year and 2022, please see the pollutant specific recalculation tables following chapter 8.1 - Recalculations.
Planned improvements
At the moment, no category-specific improvements are planned.