Composting of limed fleshings generated in a tannery: sustainable waste management.

Autor: Hashem MA; Department of Leather Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, 9203, Bangladesh. hashem_518@yahoo.com., Hasan M; Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh., Hasan MA; Department of Leather Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, 9203, Bangladesh., Sahen MS; Department of Leather Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, 9203, Bangladesh., Payel S; Department of Leather Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, 9203, Bangladesh., Mizan A; Department of Leather Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, 9203, Bangladesh., Nur-A-Tomal MS; Department of Leather Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, 9203, Bangladesh.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental science and pollution research international [Environ Sci Pollut Res Int] 2023 Mar; Vol. 30 (13), pp. 39029-39041. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 03.
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-25070-6
Abstrakt: In tanneries, limed fleshing is an unavoidable waste generated in beamhouse operation. Proper management of limed fleshing with protein, fat, lime, and sulfide will help to protect the natural environment and at least reduce the pollution that ends up in it. In this study, excluding any pretreatment, limed fleshing is used for compost production. Chopped and mixed limed fleshing with chicken manure, cow dung, and sawdust was heaped onto a horizontal bamboo frame. Three composting heaps were fabricated weighing 720, 700, and 760 kg. The turning of composting materials in the heaps causes temperature changes in the thermophilic range. The thermophilic temperatures in these heaps were 69.07 °C (heap 1), 69.9 °C (heap 2), and 69.19 °C (heap 3) which ensured the death of the pathogenic organism. The quality of compost was assessed based on the nutrients-nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), potassium (K), and sulfur (S) content. NPKS in the compost fulfils the requirements of the investigated materials as compost. The largest amounts of metals- zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), and nickel (Ni) of the compost detected in the heaps were, respectively, 200.3, 37.4, 20.3, 12.0, and 3.9 mg/kg. Cadmium (Cd) in the compost was below the detection limit. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photographs show the decomposing of composting materials. This study indicates that limed fleshing can be converted into nutrient-enriched compost without any pretreatment. Using an easy, simple, and adaptable technique could reduce the volume of solid waste generated in the tannery to reduce environmental pollution.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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