Open AccessBiological and Chemical Strategies for the Treatment of Sugar Industry Effluents
Author(s) -
Hina Ambreen,
Shabbir Hussain,
Naureen Naeem,
Asrar Ahmad,
Muhammad Riaz,
Aisha Saddiqa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of economic and environment geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2223-957X
DOI - 10.46660/ojs.v10i4.354
Subject(s) - effluent , sugar , pollution , environmental science , pulp and paper industry , waste management , chemical industry , chemical oxygen demand , sugar production , grease , sewage treatment , chemistry , environmental engineering , food science , engineering , ecology , biology , biochemistry
The waste effluents from sugar industries create lot of pollution problems in the adjacent areas. Sugarindustries discharge huge quantities of residual water causing damage to the biotic as well as abiotic environment dueto its pungent smell, higher BOD and COD values and the exceeded concentration of chlorides, sulphates, heavymetals, carbohydrates, nutrients, oil and grease. Current studies were performed to evaluate the available strategies usedto minimize the pollution load created by sugar industries. Attempts have been made to overview various availableprocedures such as construction of microbial fuel cell, hydrolytic pre-treatment, valorization of sugar industry waste,synthesis of silver nanoparticles, symbiotic process, chemical and electrical oxidation processes, which are used for thetreatment of sugar industry effluents.