Toxic hazards of leather industry and technologies to combat threat: A review

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2015, Pages 39-49

  Dixit, Sumita ^a   Yadav, Ashish ^a   Dwivedi, Premendra D ^a   Das, Mukul ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bating; Clean technology; Finishing operations; Post tanning operations; Pre tanning operations; Water management

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; HAZARDS; HEAVY METALS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LEATHER; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER POLLUTION; SOLID WASTES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TANNING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT;

BATING; CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES; FINISHING OPERATION; POST TANNING OPERATIONS; PRE-TANNING OPERATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84925332662     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.017     Document Type: Review

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