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  • Environmental Science
  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering

Background:

  • Leather industry generates substantial solid waste, including various types of leather shavings.
  • Wastewater contamination by anionic and cationic dyes poses significant environmental challenges.
  • Developing cost-effective and sustainable adsorbents for dye removal is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the efficacy of different leather shavings (wet-blue, vegetable-tanned, pickled, wet-white) as adsorbents for removing anionic (Acid Brown 414) and cationic (Basic Red 2) dyes from aqueous solutions.
  • To characterize the leather shavings, including point of zero charge, functional groups, shrinkage temperature, and surface area, to understand their adsorption properties.
  • To evaluate the influence of tanning agents on the adsorption performance of the leather shavings.

Main Methods:

  • Characterization of leather shavings: point of zero charge, functional groups, shrinkage temperature, and specific surface area.
  • Adsorption experiments using Basic Red 2 (cationic dye) and Acid Brown 414 (anionic dye).
  • Optimization of adsorption parameters including contact time and adsorbent mass for anionic dye removal.

Main Results:

  • Vegetable-tanned leather shavings demonstrated high removal efficiency (96.7%) for the cationic dye Basic Red 2.
  • Wet-white and pickled leather shavings exhibited excellent removal rates (above 96%) for the anionic dye Acid Brown 414 within 30 minutes.
  • Optimized conditions using 20 mg of adsorbent achieved over 97% removal for Acid Brown 414 with wet-white and pickled shavings.

Conclusions:

  • Leather shavings, particularly vegetable-tanned, wet-white, and pickled types, show significant potential as low-cost, sustainable adsorbents for dye removal from industrial wastewater.
  • The type of tanning process influences the adsorption capacity of leather shavings for different dye types.
  • This study highlights a promising application for leather industry waste, contributing to a circular economy and effective wastewater treatment.