Key sources of soil contamination

The figure shows a breakdown of the main sources causing soil contamination in Europe as % of sources over thet total number of sources identified. European shares have been calculated as average over 22 EEA countries/regions.

Notes:
- Industrial and commercial activities: industrial and commercial services, mining, oil extraction and production, and power plants.
- Military: military operations, and war-affected areas.
- Storage: oil storage, oil extraction and storage sites, obsolete chemical storage, storage of manure, other storage.
- Transport spills on land: oil spills, and other hazardous substance spills.
- Others: other sources (shooting ranges, etc.), agricultural sites (pesticide and mineral fertilizers storages, farms etc.), and waste water treatment facilities.