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Lai, Kit-ying. "Campaigns for promoting waste reduction, reuse and recycling case studies in Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42555814.

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Lai, Kit-ying, and 賴潔瑩. "Campaigns for promoting waste reduction, reuse and recycling: case studies in Japan, Singapore and HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42555814.

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Lam, Lai Fong Janna. "Zero emission management." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envl213.pdf.

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Wong, May-ling. "Recycling in Hong Kong : case study on "conserving the Central & Western District materials recycling scheme at Mid-Levels" /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25436156.

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Bolan, Michael D. "European union vs. the United States : recycling policies and management /." Connect to resource online, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1243439695.

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Wong, Tse-ki Kinny. "Optimal design of municipal solid waste recycling system in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21301487.

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Collins, Gill. "Local government recycling : a South Australian perspective." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1989. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envc712.pdf.

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Pekdur, Ömer Keçeci Emin Faruk. "Autonomous Solid Waste Separation System Design/." [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2006. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tezlerengelli/master/makinamuh/T000522.pdf.

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Lim, Boon Hock. "The kerbside recycling dilemma /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envl732.pdf.

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Chan, Lai-ying. "Recycling municipal solid waste : problems and prospect /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B23736227.

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Kwan, Cheng Lai-man Heidi. "Recycling business in Hong Kong : an economic and environmental perspective /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13498010.

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Kwok, Ying-pui. "Domestic municipal solid waste source separation in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21301724.

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陳麗瑩 and Lai-ying Chan. "Recycling municipal solid waste: problems andprospect." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31225688.

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Sidique, Shaufique Fahmi. "Analysis of recycling behavior, recycling demand, and effectiveness of policies promoting recycling." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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Villanueva, Luis. "The design of strategic collection systems for recyclable materials." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23313.

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Subbiah, Valli. "Sustainability studies in recycling post consumer carpet." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26486.

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Thesis (M. S.)--Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.
Committee Chair: Muzzy, John; Committee Member: Bras, Berdinus; Committee Member: Realff, Matthew; Committee Member: Sholl, David. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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McNamara, Diana L. "The anatomy of an environmental decision : the case of recycling." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2015. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=228206.

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The human race has always faced environmental challenges. What differs at present, however, are the scale and entrenched social structures (e.g., capitalism, man/nature duality, a dominant social paradigm) that are contributing to these problems and our own irrationality when it comes to possible solutions. Implicit testing methodologies, borrowed from experimental psychology, may be able to bypass some of these issues and provide a means to identify simple 'point of decision' interventions to effect change in behavior on an individual level. The approach adopted in the current thesis was to explore the extent to which movement dynamics (measured using MouseTracker) can inform the decisional anatomy of an important pro-environmental activity — recycling. MouseTracker is a useful methodology as it assesses the real-time conflict that people experience when confronted with the decision to recycle a particular item or not. There were three stages to the progression of this research: (1) using focus groups to gain knowledge of undergraduates' beliefs and opinions towards recycling (Study 1); (2) assessing the utility of MouseTracker as an implicit tool to explore recycling decisions (Expts. 1 & 2); and (3) establishing the extent to which personal (i.e, Social Value Orientation) and situational factors (i.e., environmental primes) influence the anatomy of recycling decisions (Expts. 3-6). Results from the focus groups confirmed that university undergraduates hold widely held societal beliefs about recycling, thereby justifying their inclusion in the current investigation. Experiments 1 and 2 confirmed the utility of MouseTracker as a methodology to explore recycling decisions. Overall, participants displayed a stronger attraction to putting recyclable items in the rubbish bin than garbage in the recycle bin, a tendency that was reduced with increasing levels of environmental concern. Results in the subsequent experiments were mixed. An important individual difference variable (i.e., Social Value Orientation) failed to show an influence on recycling behavior (Expt. 3), and subtle environmental primes produced a collection of modest effects (Expts. 4 & 5). Most notably, a messy environment improved recycling performance (Expt. 5). Compelling results were observed, however, when self-directed attention was manipulated (Expt. 6). In particular, recycling performance was enhanced in the presence of a mirror, thereby confirming the relation between self-focus and normative behavior (the efficient disposal of waste). Discussion centers on the theoretical and practical implications of the current findings, limitations with the methodology employed, and consideration is given to future research on this important societal topic.
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Mick, Tracy A. "Recycling baler material properties for safer baler operation." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4150.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2005.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 74 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 62).
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Friedman, Lisa Kritzer. "Recycling program for the Shalom Institute." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2923.

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Needleman, Lawrence D. "Corporate recycling: interventions and person variables associated with participation." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37411.

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Tang, Hoi-wan, and 鄧凱雲. "The waste separation and recycling scheme in schools." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31255103.

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Tang, Hoi-wan. "The waste separation and recycling scheme in schools /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B23425118.

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Kwok, Ying-pui, and 郭英佩. "Domestic municipal solid waste source separation in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31254251.

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Hon, Siu-ming. "Ultimate form of recycling : integrated landfill management: leachate recirculation, landfill gas utilization and landfill mining : are they applicable to Hong Kong? /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14709272.

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Lau, Kin-wah. "Management, disposal and recycling of waste organic solvents in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19945139.

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VerGow, Zachary J. "Modeling and solving coupled decision problems in design for recycling." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/17322.

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Davio, Rebecca Lynn. "Influences and motivations on curbside recycling participation /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3008310.

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Yeung, Kin-hang Ivan. "Solid waste management and material recycling : a comparison of Hong Kong and Taiwan /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18155534.

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Kidder, Jessica Lauren. "Recycling at home and away differences of recycling participation between residents and non-residents on two Northern Michigan islands /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2006.

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Sin, Hang-chun. "Recycling : the way towards sustainable waste management for Hong Kong? /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25436004.

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So, Wing-yeung. "Waste management and its implications for environmental planning : a review of the waste management strategy for Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42574341.

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Kwok, Kin-chung Tommy, and 郭健聰. "The recycling of municipal solid waste in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31255528.

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Hendry, Benjamin H. "Evaluation of post-residential LDPE recycling in Georgia." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28817.

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Walter, Elizabeth Eileen. "Textile recycling attitudes and behaviors among college students /." View online, 2008. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131414954.pdf.

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Wong, May-ling, and 黃美靈. "Recycling in Hong Kong: case study on "conserving the Central & Western District materials recycling schemeat Mid-Levels"." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31255371.

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Reuter, M. A. "The fundamental limits of recycling : from minerals processing to computer aided design of automobiles and other consumer goods /." Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1394.

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Chung, Shan Shan. "Commercial and retail waste recycling in the Adelaide Central Business District." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1991. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envc559.pdf.

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Wong, Tse-ki Kinny, and 黃子祺. "Optimal design of municipal solid waste recycling system in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3125441X.

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Cheung, Yan Priscilla. "An analysis of Hong Kong's recycling policy." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21037929.

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Muller, Monique. "When necessity begets ingenuity: A study of informal waste recycling at Stellenbosch and Bellville, Cape Town." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4945.

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Magister Artium - MA
The local economy of the City of Cape Town supported by formal economic activities that are carried out through modern production processes whose existence is officially recognized and benefits from the protection of the authorities, and the informal activities that exist outside official control and protection systems. There is a dynamic connection between actors in the formal sector and those in the informal sector, which is seen at the levels of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. This research investigates the linkages between informal and formal resource recovery activities in Devon Valley Landfill Site in Stellenbosch and Bellville South Landfill Site in Bellville. The two landfill sites are at the margins on the city economy where the formal and informal sectors interact and at times collide. Notwithstanding the negative health effects associated with the informal waste collections and the fact that informal waste collectors are neglected by policy makers in many developing countries in general and in South Africa in particular, evidence from Southern Africa has shown that the informal sector fosters considerable social, environmental and economic benefits that should be preserved. Informal recyclers constitute the essential workforce of the recycling business. These recyclers have undertaken various commercial and environmental tasks as a survival strategy long before the state and private entities became interested in participating in this profitable business. Waste recycling in most developing countries is a response to the inability of the formal economy to absorb a growing urban population, and the value placed on recyclable materials in the globalized economy. The study explores the various linkages between the informal sector and formal sector in the recycling industry and it examines the activities of these people involved in informal sector activities at the bottom end of the commonly neglected waste recycling chain. It also examines how waste pickers have developed livelihoods based on resource recovery activities at Devon Valley Landfill Site and Bellville South Landfill Site. This thesis is the result of an extensive literature review and primary data collection using a mixed methods approach. Primary sources of information consulted include, waste pickers, dealers, buy-back centres and manufacturing companies. This thesis attempts to establish the respective correlation between urban poverty, informal waste collection, and the recycling industries. The findings reveal that informal recycling is intricately linked to the formal recycling sector with waste pickers selling their waste to merchants and recyclers.
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Lui, Hok-leung Michael. "A study of the recycling of domestic solid waste in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31967280.

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Vaca, Mier Mabel. "Biconversion of cheese whey into fuels and solvents." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=64481.

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Glaum, Deanne Melanie. "A process for the detanning of chrome leather wastes utilising tannery effluents." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004089.

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The considerable volume of chromium-bearing wastes generated during the process of leather tanning, exacerbated by the potential for trivalent chromium in the wastes to be oxidised to the toxic hexavalent state, has created a major waste disposal dilemma for the tanning industry. While methods are available for the safe and effective treatment of residual chrome-tanning liquors, little has been done to address the issue of the chrome-bearing solid wastes. Given the increasingly stringent environmental compliance standards facing tanneries, unless an appropriate treatment process is developed in the immediate future, the continued use of chromium as a tanning agent could be compromised. Recent investigations have demonstrated the potential of heated alkaline conditions for dechroming these solid wastes. This study expanded upon these considerations and examined the feasibility of utilising the highly alkaline tannery waste effluents as cost-effective, substitute alkaline media. The three effluents considered in this study, classed as lime sulphide liquors, were shown to be capable of dechroming wet blue shavings, with resultant separation of the solid wastes into a protein and a concentrated chromium product. The solubilised protein product contained low chromium concentrations which comply with legal discharge limits. The precipitated chromium product offers opportunity for reutilisation in the tannery. A novel industrial-scale treatment process, based on these investigations, indicated the process to be capable of treating the quantity of shavings produced on a daily basis by a medium to large scale tannery. Application of this method for the dechroming of other chrome-tanned solid wastes was also shown to be feasible.
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Ng, Kelvin Tsun Wai. "The use of waste-derived paste as daily cover materials for enhancing geo-environmental performance of sanitary landfills /." View abstract or full-text, 2008. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CIVL%202008%20NG.

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Navarro, Robert L. Hines Edward R. "Students' attitudes and behaviors toward residence hall recycling." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3064521.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2002.
Title from title page screen, viewed February 21, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Edward R. Hines (chair), Phyllis McCluskey-Titus, Kenneth H. Strand, Sandra L. Little. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-166) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Watanabe, Kohei. "The management and recycling of household waste in England and Japan : a comparative study." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.411235.

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Freehill, Janice A. Hines Edward R. "Student commitment and participation in a residence hall recycling program." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1995. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9604370.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1995.
Title from title page screen, viewed April 21, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Edward R. Hines (chair), Floyd B. Hoetling, Kenneth H. Strand, Lemuel W. Watson. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-149) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Pietersen, Melanie. "The reconstruction of second-hand furniture and scrap metal : inspired by the architectural structures of deconstructivism." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1438.

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Thesis (BTech (Surface Design))Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010
The purpose of this research is to explore and create an understanding of how architectural structures. that adhere to deconstructivist design principles, can inspire the reconstruction of second-hand school fumiture and scrap metal. The planned pieces will continue to create an awareness of sustainability, by designing for reuse. These functional fumiture pieces of low tables and chairs will be handcrafted, appealing to a niche market, or specific spaces and they will act as expressions of contradiction. This research will act as an addition to a body of knowledge, where I will primarily focus on contradicting the traditional form and aesthetic of furniture design. I have decided to create these functional pieces to express a new possible direction of furniture design. The study context is a potential confrontational experience in that I want to challenge the conventional form and aesthetics of fumiture design. These pieces of fumiture will be placed in a niche market where they will exist as one-offs that are not produced for mass-consumption, as they will be individually hand-erafted. These days more and more people are attempting to live in a more sustainable manner by practicing to reduce our consumption of products and resources; reuse that which we have disposed of and forgotten as consumers and to recycle waste products and transform them into a feasible afterlife (Martin, 2010). The theory is focused on Sohaill Inayatullah's theory of "Futures Thinking", and this .theory is further supported by Victor Margolin's study of changing existing situations into preferred ones. The research further reflects on Jacques Derrida's theory of deconstruction, and this research is further supported by the theory of sustainability, by designing for reuse, with a focus on Ezio Manzini. Therefore, my research study is concerned with confronting and challenging the conformity that the form of furniture and its aesthetic adhere to.
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Brady, Patricia D. "Characterizing the Municipal Solid Waste Stream in Denton, Texas." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2584/.

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Forty-two commercially collected dumpsters from Denton’s Municipal Solid Waste Stream were emptied, sorted and weighed to characterize the material types and make preliminary recycling policy recommendations. The general composition of Denton’s solid waste stream was not significantly different from the composition of the nation’s solid waste stream. Fifty-eight percent of the observed waste stream was recyclable. Paper made up the largest portion of recyclable materials and the "grocery" source category had more paper than any of the other five categories. Based on these findings, an incrementally aggressive approach is recommended to reduce certain types of wastes observed in the waste stream. This would include a Pay-As-You-Throw Program followed by an Intermediate Processing Center that can be converted to a Materials Recovery Facility.
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Laubscher, Richard Keith. "The culture of Dunaliella salina and the production of β-carotene in tannery effluents". Thesis, Rhodes University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004116.

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The problems of waste disposal in the tanning industry are unique in that the effluents are highly saline, have a high organic loading and contain heavy metals. Methods are available for the safe treatment and disposal of the latter two components, but the saline component requires the expensive outlay of evaporation ponds. This study has identified a possible use for the saline effluents, turning a problematic waste product into a potentially valuable by-product. A range of tannery effluents were identified and tested for their suitability for the mass cultivation of Dunaliella salina (bardawil strain). The bardawil strain was preferred over a local isolate because of its higher production of β-carotene. Ponded tannery effluents and combined processes effluent proved unsuitable for realistic propagation of the alga. Anaerobic digestion of combined processes effluent did not improve its suitability significantly. Anaerobic digestion of hide-soak effluent may remove persistent antimicrobial agents which influence algal growth, but its contribution to enhancing algal growth is equivocal. Undigested hide-soak effluent lacking in persistent antimicrobial agents was found to be an ideal culture medium, as no additional nutrients needed to be added. Significantly higher biomass was obtained in this effluent compared to chemically defined media. Induction of β-carotene was achieved in nitrogen-deficient defined media after culture in tannery effluent. This suggests that a two-stage system using hide-soak effluent for cell propagation and nitrogen deficient media for β-carotene induction, could be possible for the mass cultivation of D. salina for β-carotene production.

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