Production of Asphaltene Binders from Solid Waste Generated in Leather Industry

One of the biggest problems facing the leather industry is the production of solid waste with chromium. Dechroming process remove chrome from leather waste and it is designed to recover the value of collagen in the waste. Thus, the aim of this study was try to improve a methodology of dechroming process already described in the scientific literature, seeking to increase the percentage of dechroming ratio, as well as to evaluate the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of the dechromed samples obtained from the leather residue for possible applications that require non-toxic materials based on collagens. As results, the dechroming process has been shown to be effective, with 99.29% of chromium removed from the shavings. In addition, it is possible to infer that the process of dechroming performed in this study was efficient in the neutralization step of hexavalent chromium and that the collagen from the leather residue did not shows cytotoxic and genotoxic effects for the evaluatedin vitrotest system. Therefore, this treatment allows to obtain a valuable product extracted from what was previously a hazardous waste.

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Preparation of light weight constructional materials from chrome containing buffing dust solid waste generated in leather industry

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management ◽

10.1007/s10163-016-0494-z ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 928-938 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

K. Sivaprakash ◽

P. Maharaja ◽

S. Pavithra ◽

R. Boopathy ◽

G. Sekaran

Keyword(s):

Solid Waste ◽

Light Weight ◽

Leather Industry

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Wet Blue Fiber and Lime from Leather Industry Solid Waste as Stabilizing Additive and Filler in Design of Stone Matrix Asphalt

Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities ◽

10.5958/2249-7315.2017.00547.0 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (11) ◽

pp. 240 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

C. Kamaraj ◽

S. Lakshmi ◽

C. Rose ◽

C. Muralidharan

Keyword(s):

Solid Waste ◽

Leather Industry ◽

Stone Matrix Asphalt ◽

Stone Matrix

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Study of the dechroming of tanned leather wastes

Hemijska industrija ◽

10.2298/hemind0402064b ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 64-68

Author(s):

Tatjana Botic ◽

Nadezda Iliskovic ◽

Dijana Drljaca

Keyword(s):

Solid Waste ◽

Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽

Leather Industry ◽

Primary Target ◽

Initial Amount ◽

Economic Saving ◽

Tanning Process ◽

Leather Wastes ◽

Oxidation Agent ◽

Tanning Industry

According to European legislation, it is not possible to dump any chromium-containing waste in Europe. The minimization of wastes is a key element in that strategy. It involves the application of clean technologies: low and non-waste technologies. The tanning industry generates substantial quantities of chromium-containing solid waste in the form of shavings and trimmings. The recycling and reuse of those wastes must be the primary target in optimizing processes of the leather industry. The problem is in a satisfying chromium separation from collagen fibers. Common hydrolysis processes-alkaline or acidic-give gelatins containing residual chromium (III). By using an oxidation agent (H2O2) before alkaline hydrolysis, in was demonstrated that chromium from chromium-containing leather wastes can be almost fully recovered by the previous oxidation of Cr(III) to Cr(VI). This chromium can be reused in the tanning process. That would represent an economic saving. The best result of the dechroming process was a gelatin hydrolyzate with only 1.11 in respect to the initial amount.

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Anaerobic biovalorization of leather industry solid waste and production of high value-added biomolecules and biofuels

Biovalorisation of Wastes to Renewable Chemicals and Biofuels ◽

10.1016/b978-0-12-817951-2.00001-8 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 3-25

Author(s):

Ramani Kandasamy ◽

Swathi Krishnan Venkatesan ◽

Maseed Imam Uddin ◽

Sekaran Ganesan

Keyword(s):

Solid Waste ◽

Value Added ◽

Leather Industry

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Leather Industry Solid Waste as Nitrogen Source for Growth of Common Bean Plants

Applied and Environmental Soil Science ◽

10.1155/2010/703842 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2010 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

D. Q. Lima ◽

L. C. A. Oliveira ◽

A. R. R. Bastos ◽

G. S. Carvalho ◽

J. G. S. M. Marques ◽

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Keyword(s):

Common Bean ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Residual Effect ◽

Matter Content ◽

Pennisetum Purpureum ◽

Dry Matter Content ◽

Leather Industry ◽

Nitrogen Levels ◽

Bean Plants ◽

Common Bean Plants

The leather industry generates large amounts of a Cr-containing solid waste (wet blue leather). This material is classified by the Brazilian Environmental Council as a category-one waste, requiring a special disposal. The patented process Br n. PI 001538 is a technique to remove chromium from wet blue leather, with the recovery of a solid collagenic material (collagen), containing high nitrogen levels. This work aimed to evaluate the residual effect of soil application of collagen on the production of dry matter, content and accumulation of N in common bean plants (Phaseolus vulgarisL.), after the previous growth of elephantgrass (Pennisetum purpureumSchumach.) cv. Napier, as well as to quantify the mineralization rate of N in the soil. The application of collagen, at rates equivalent to 16 and 32 t ha−1, provided greater N contents in the common bean plants, indicating residual effect of these rates of application; the same was observed for the rates of 4 and 8 t ha−1, though in smaller proportions. Higher mineralization rates of N collagen occurred next to 16 days after soil incubation. During the 216 days of incubation, the treatments with collagen showed higher amounts of mineralized nitrogen.

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