Air pollutants include substances, gasses, and particles in the air, whether from natural sources or as the result of human activity. Human endeavors, such as energy generation, transportation, industrial and agricultural activities, are responsible for generating the majority of air pollutants. Common pollutants from industrial activities include nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), particulate matter (PM), volatile organic compounds (VOC) and others.
Maintaining air quality at our production sites, while reducing air emissions, is a central goal of ICL’s environmental strategy. Typical materials emitted are mainly inorganic compounds and particles and a minority of VOC. The Company regularly measures its emission of pollutants, to monitor and locate uncontrolled emissions in accordance with local law, regulations, and conditions of each site’s permits & licenses, through usage of accepted technologies. Moreover, ICL takes steps to reduce air emissions of various pollutants in different ways, such as implementing emission prevention solutions and switching to cleaner fuels.
In recent years, ICL’s sites have implemented multiple projects to reduce air emissions. These have resulted in the reduction of multiple pollutants.
Reduction activities that occurred in 2021-2022
- Implemented new NOx and N2O treatment technology at the nitrous acid facility stack at Haifa F&C.
- ICL Rotem: Phased out of oil shale by switching to natural gas at ICL Rotem PMA. For more on ICL Rotem’s air emission reduction activities see Building New Infrastructure.
Future reduction activities:
- ICL Dead Sea and Dead Sea Magnesium will implement major dust reduction projects over the next few years. Our other production sites in Israel will also increase their efforts to reduce particle emissions.
