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The leather sector is an important source of materials for various industries and fields.This industry generates a big quantity of solid and liquid waste.The whole process that the skin is subjected to contains a series of operations and chemical reactions.Waste from the leather industry can be obtained by using multiple processing methods in different areas. Recovery of waste from the leather industry is an important factor for environmental protection. Nowadays, the elaboration of leather processing methods that...

Due to high quantities of animal fat resulted from leather industry, the necessity of a solution in order to neutralize the negative effects that appear by their discharge into the nature has led to continuous research in order to obtain the most suitable one for solving the environmental issue with energy recovery. Between combustion and chemical treatment, the combustion has been chosen in this study as being the most effective one, by technical and economical criteria. Before this combustion, there were perform...

Different operations, such as fleshing, trimmings, cuttings and chips from hides, causes leather industry in being one of the most environmental ?unfriendly? sectors. Moreover, the treatment of sewage waters brings up also the problem of mud which is related with the appearance of biodegradation process of organic waste, followed by the emission of greenhouse gases, especially methane and nitrous oxide. All these wastes also imply a terrible smell and a strong land contamination. The large quantity of wastes, but ...