Particulate matter PM10 emitted in the air in France 2005-2021, by sector
The buildings and residential activities sector was the main source of airborne particulate matter PM10 emissions in France between 2005 and 2021. PM10 from the residential housing sector is typically emitted by domestic biomass combustion for cooking and heating. The residential and the transportation sectors strongly contributed to the decrease in PM10 emissions over the years, reducing the amount of PM10 released in the air by around 50 percent compared to the volume emitted in 2005. Emissions from the manufacturing industry and agriculture sectors only slightly decreased. In 2021 they represented almost 50 percent of the PM10 emissions in France.
