Contaminated Sites in Europe: Review of the Current Situation Based on Data Collected through a European Network

Table 2

Comparison of sectoral contribution to industrial contamination against the total number of enterprises.

Industrial/service sector	Sector contribution to industrial contamination (production)	Manufacturing sector	Number of enterprises (1,000)	Number of enterprises (1,000) contributing to 1% of industrial contamination
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)
Chemical industry	8.2%	Chemicals plus rubber and plastic products	97.2	11.9
Metal working industry	13.1%	Basic metals plus fabricated metal products	381.2	29.1
Textile and leather industry	2.0%	Textiles plus wearing apparel plus leather	225.4	112.7
Wood and paper industry	3.7%	Wood and paper	191.8	51.8
Food industry and processing of organic products	5.7%	Food products plus beverages	273.8	48.0
Electronic industry	1.0%	Computer, electronic, plus electrical equip.	94.1	94.1
Mining sites	6.2%	Mining	18.2	2.9
Total	39.9%	Total	1281.7