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Reduction of pollution obtained in cleaner production method

   Subject

   Curing
   Fresh hides and skins                   No salt pollution in soaking
   Chilling                                No salt pollution in soaking
   Partial salt elimination                Lower salt pollution (20%)
   Antiseptics                             Lower toxicity
   
   Soaking
   Antiseptics                             Lower toxicity
   Fleshing                                Upgrading waste and lower chemicals consumption
   
   Unhairing-liming
   Enzymatic treatment                     Lower toxicity and organic pollution
   Hair saving methods                     Lower nitrogen and organic pollution
   Direct recycling                        Lower chemicals and organic pollution
   Splitting of limed pelts                Upgrading waste and lower chemicals
   
   Deliming
   Carbon dioxide                          Less nitrogen (-40%)
   Weak acids                              Less nitrogen

   Tanning
   Pickling float recycling                Lower salt pollution
   Solvent free degreasing                 Lower toxicity (75%) and COD
   Wet white production                    Upgrading waste
   Tanning float recycling                 Chromium recovery (90%)
   Partial recycling                       Partial chromium recovery (60%)
   Precipitation method                    Total chromium recovery (99%)
   Improvement in exhaustion               Good chromium uptake (95%)
   Other mineral tanning                   No chromium tanning
   Three compartments drums                Improvement in chromium recovery

   Vegetable tanning
   Dry drum                                Good vegetable tanning uptake (95%)
   Close circuit in pits                   No effluent process and lower COD
   
   Dyeing
   Environmentally acceptable chemicals    No heavy metals and lower AOX
   Three compartments drums                Better uptake of chemicals
   Through feed machine                    No dyes in effluents
   
   Finishing
   Water based finishes                    No VOC emissions
   Roller coating                          Better uptake of chemicals

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   Subject                         Chemical         Equipment        Technology

   Curing
   Fresh hides and skins                                                    *
   Cooling                                                *                 *
   Partical salt elimination                              * 
   Antiseptics                            *

   Soaking
   Antiseptics                            *
   Fleshing                                                                 *

   Unhairing-liming
   Enzymatic treatment                    *
   Hair saving methods                    *               *
   Direct recycling                                       *                 *
   Splitting of limed pelts                               *
   
   Deliming
   Carbon dioxide                         *               *
   Weak acids                             *
   
   Tanning
   Pickling float recycling                               *                 *
   Solvent free degreasing                *               *
   Wet white production                   *                                 *
   Tanning float recycling                                *                 *
   Partial recycling                                      *                 *
   Precipitation method                   *               *
   Improvement in exhaustion              *                                 *
   Other mineral tanning                  *
   Three compartments drums                               *                 *
   
   Vegetable tanning
   Dry drum                                                                 *
   Close circuit in pits                  *                                 *
   
   Dyeing
   Environmentally acceptable chemicals   *
   Three compartments drums                               *                 *
   Through feed machine                   *               *
   
   Finishing
   Water based finishes                   *
   Roller coating                                         *

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