The societal cost is linked with levels of dioxin and furan in the ambient air due to various point and non-point sources (including vehicles etc) around the hazardous waste incinerators as well as contribution of dioxin and furan due to stack emission from incinerators (impact on GLC).
Based on the consideration that there is no cushion for additional dioxin and furan in the ambient air and it was decided to consider 0.00015 pg TEQ/m3 as the permissible addition of dioxin and furan into the ambient air from the stackemission of incinerators.
The following section describes the actual methodology used to determine the societal costs consequent to dioxin and furan emissions.