This paper presents an analysis of the possibility of removing mercury from exhaust gases by standard air pollution control devices. This includes the removal of mercury in electrostatic and fabric filters during particle extraction from exhaust gases, and also during the removal of nitrogen oxides in the process of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and non-catalytic selective reduction (SNCR) of nitrogen oxides. Also presented is the possibility of removing mercury in flue gas desulfurization processes such as the wet and dry flue gas desulfurization methods. Particle removal processes make it possible to reduce mercury emissions from 5% to as much as 60% – mainly mercury which is bound to the particles of fly ash Hg_(p). More effectively demonstrated here is the efficiency of fabric filters which can collect up to 90% of the mercury. Fuel gas desulfurization combined with an electrostatic precipitator can reduce mercury emissions by 50–75%. The positive effect on the reduction of Hg also applies to the installation of NOx reduction SCR, which allows an increase in the proportion of oxidized mercury in the flue gas Hg²⁺ of up to 20%. Further, an important role is played by the type of coal which is combusted in a boiler; a greater degree of mercury removal is recorded during the combustion of bituminous coals than subbituminous coal or lignite.