Air Pollution

The weather in Azerbaijan is significantly contaminated. The country's production facilities into the air each year from 1.2 to 2.6 million tons of waste is left. This waste significantly in sulfur oxides, hydrogen sulfide and oxides of carbon is located. According to official data of the State Statistics Committee, the volume of waste 24 tonnes per square kilometer of air between the years 1991-97 (1991) 15.3 tonnes (1997) respectively. However, this positive result is the development of environmental management over the last decade due to the economic crisis, the actual capacity of the production facilities 25-30% of the work under the result. In Azerbaijan the volume of waste despite the decrease in the number of materials that constitute significant hazards to human health in the air as in previous years remains. The country's largest industrial cities, particularly in Baku and the rate of contamination of the air is high. There are many causes of air pollution in these cities. Technology and tools used here is very old and has not been renewed even once they are in the last 40-50 years. Most of the time as fuel for thermal power plants, natural gas instead of high sulphur containing oil are used for. On the other hand, sufficient capital is allocated to reduce or mitigate environmental damage. Money allocated to protect the environment in the years 1980-97, the share allocated to the development of the industry of 0.1%-0.6 accounted for much of. As the years 1993-96 for the repair of any capital facilities wastewater treatment approximately has been provided.