Análise dos processos de uma estação de tratamento de efluentes de curtume

Abstract

The growing concern about environmental issues has led many companies to seek alternatives to minimize the impacts caused by its production activities, including the tannery industry. This segment is known due to the large volume of water used and the amount of pollution load generated from the cleaning of fur and beneficiation process of leather. According to this context, a bibliographical research on the process of manufacture of leather, as well as the use of inputs, waste generation and the possible treatment techniques was made. The study started with a visit to the Apucarana Leather tannery, located in Apucarana city, North of the state of Paraná, in which an analysis of the processes carried out in the company's effluent treatment station, to compare with data from the literature, verifying alternative treatment methods with greater advantages from the environmental point of view.