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Valorization of Tannery Solid Waste Materials Using Microbial Techniques: Microbes in Tannery Solid Waste Management

Valorization of Tannery Solid Waste Materials Using Microbial Techniques: Microbes in Tannery Solid Waste Management

Thazeem Basheer, Mridul Umesh
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781522535409|ISBN10: 1522535403|EISBN13: 9781522535416
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3540-9.ch007
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Basheer, Thazeem, and Mridul Umesh. "Valorization of Tannery Solid Waste Materials Using Microbial Techniques: Microbes in Tannery Solid Waste Management." Handbook of Research on Microbial Tools for Environmental Waste Management, edited by Vinay Mohan Pathak and Navneet Navneet, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 127-145. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3540-9.ch007

APA

Basheer, T. & Umesh, M. (2018). Valorization of Tannery Solid Waste Materials Using Microbial Techniques: Microbes in Tannery Solid Waste Management. In V. Pathak & N. Navneet (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Microbial Tools for Environmental Waste Management (pp. 127-145). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3540-9.ch007

Chicago

Basheer, Thazeem, and Mridul Umesh. "Valorization of Tannery Solid Waste Materials Using Microbial Techniques: Microbes in Tannery Solid Waste Management." In Handbook of Research on Microbial Tools for Environmental Waste Management, edited by Vinay Mohan Pathak and Navneet Navneet, 127-145. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3540-9.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter describes how environmental pollution is the major problem associated with rapid industrialization, due to which the quantity of solid waste generated from the industries is increasing substantially. Solid wastes generated in leather industries are briefly classified into pre-tanned and post-tanned wastes. Although landfills, composting, anaerobic digestion and thermal incineration are available for disposal of these solid wastes, they do again pose severe environmental and financial burdens to the tanners. Microbe-mediated tannery solid waste management points to the recovery of value-added products from these wastes. Microbial valorization of tannery solid wastes for the production of saleable products would be a convincing, challenging and eco-friendly opening for its utilization when compared to that of chemical and thermal hydrolysis. Exploitation of traditional chemicals could be reduced and innovative products could be recovered, enabling sustainable solid waste management. This would ultimately alleviate the solid waste disposal problems and financial crisis faced by the tanners.

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