Environmental Standards Effluent TANNERY EFFLUENT STANDARD (AFTER PRIMARY TREATMENT) : DISPOSAL CHANNEL/CONDUIT CARRYING WASTEWATER TO SECONDARY TREATMENT PLANT Type of tanneries Parameter Concentration limit not exceed, mg/l (except pH) Chrome tanneries/combined chrome & vegetable tanneries pH SS Chromium concentration after treatment in the chrome waste water stream 6.5 to 9.0 Not to exceed 600 45 [...]

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The Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) has launched the Charter on “Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection (CREP)” in March 2003 with the purpose to go beyond the compliance of regulatory norms for prevention & control of pollution through various measures including waste minimization, in-plant process control & adoption of clean technologies. The Charter has [...]

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Clean Process technologies and waste utilization in tanneries It is being increasingly recognized that end of pipe solutions are not the ultimate strategy for waste management. Economic instruments have a major role to play. These also include cost cuttings through  recovery, reuse and recycle of waste materials as also a more prudent use of resources [...]

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Status of Pollution Control in Tanneries of Uttar Pradesh The U.P. Pollution Control Board has identified 469 tannery industries in the state out of which 404 tanneries are treated in Kanpur. Details of effluent treatment system in 404 tanneries installed at Kanpur is as follows: Based on vegetable tanning system                                                          -           198 I.            Primary effluent [...]

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The Tannery Industry: As of estimates made in 2002, India had more than 3000 tanneries with a total capacity of 700000 tonnes of hides and skins per year. The annual income from leather trade in India was about Rs 20000 crores. More than 90% of the tanneries were small or medium with a processing capacity [...]

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