We are aware of the situation shown above. Behavioral change is necessary on a long term sight, but we need to do something immediately; Know-How and technologies to deal with such wastes are, mature and ready, but still considered avoidable "extra cost" by many Textile manufacturers (since made very expensive by water treatment companies) Biological, natural approach could be one of the most promising pathways for textile WWT: simple, decentralized units could get rid of locally contaminated effluents, with operating costs often negligible... We are investigating now the role of rhizospheric bacteria, in our aerobic sections: with unparalleled resistance to heavy metal toxicity, they can promote the fully biological HM removal from wastes.
Published by Tiziano Zampollo, Senior Partner at Water Engineers & Consultants - WEnCo
We are aware of the situation shown above. Behavioral change is necessary on a long term sight, but we need to do something immediately; Know-How and technologies to deal with such wastes are, mature and ready, but still considered avoidable "extra cost" by many Textile manufacturers (since made very expensive by water treatment companies)
Biological, natural approach could be one of the most promising pathways for textile WWT: simple, decentralized units could get rid of locally contaminated effluents, with operating costs often negligible...
We are investigating now the role of rhizospheric bacteria, in our aerobic sections: with unparalleled resistance to heavy metal toxicity, they can promote the fully biological HM removal from wastes.
Biological, natural approach could be one of the most promising pathways for textile WWT: simple, decentralized units could get rid of locally contaminated effluents, with operating costs often negligible...
We are investigating now the role of rhizospheric bacteria, in our aerobic sections: with unparalleled resistance to heavy metal toxicity, they can promote the fully biological HM removal from wastes.