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Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia

Presently, Malaysia is the third largest rubber producer in the world, whereby the rubber industry is an economically and socially significant industry. Rubber industry consumes large volumes of water, uses chemicals and other utilities and produces enormous amounts of wastes and effluent. Discharge...

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Main Authors: Mohammadi, Mitra, Che Man, Hasfalina, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Phang, Lai Yee
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Language:English
Published: Academic Journals 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13419/1/13419.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13419/
http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJB/article-abstract/F1D29F320620
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spelling my.upm.eprints.134192017-11-15T02:22:07Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13419/ Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia Mohammadi, Mitra Che Man, Hasfalina Hassan, Mohd Ali Phang, Lai Yee Presently, Malaysia is the third largest rubber producer in the world, whereby the rubber industry is an economically and socially significant industry. Rubber industry consumes large volumes of water, uses chemicals and other utilities and produces enormous amounts of wastes and effluent. Discharge of untreated rubber effluent to waterways resulted in water pollution that affected the human health. With a new global trend towards a sustainable development, the industry needs to focus on cleaner production technology, waste minimization, utilization of waste, resource recovery and recycling of water. The present work aims at highlighting various technologies that currently have been used for treatment of rubber effluent in Malaysia. The work introduces the basis of these processes including their benefits and also problems. It also adheres to the future trends of rubber effluent treatment in Malaysia by reviewing various treatment technologies for natural rubber industry implemented by Thailand, the world largest rubber producer. These new and effective effluent treatment methods would minimize environmental pollution of rubber industry and bring it to become sustainable and environmental friendly. Academic Journals 2010-09-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13419/1/13419.pdf Mohammadi, Mitra and Che Man, Hasfalina and Hassan, Mohd Ali and Phang, Lai Yee (2010) Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia. African Journal of Biotechnology, 9 (38). art. no. F1D29F320620. pp. 6233-6243. ISSN 1684–5315 http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJB/article-abstract/F1D29F320620
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description Presently, Malaysia is the third largest rubber producer in the world, whereby the rubber industry is an economically and socially significant industry. Rubber industry consumes large volumes of water, uses chemicals and other utilities and produces enormous amounts of wastes and effluent. Discharge of untreated rubber effluent to waterways resulted in water pollution that affected the human health. With a new global trend towards a sustainable development, the industry needs to focus on cleaner production technology, waste minimization, utilization of waste, resource recovery and recycling of water. The present work aims at highlighting various technologies that currently have been used for treatment of rubber effluent in Malaysia. The work introduces the basis of these processes including their benefits and also problems. It also adheres to the future trends of rubber effluent treatment in Malaysia by reviewing various treatment technologies for natural rubber industry implemented by Thailand, the world largest rubber producer. These new and effective effluent treatment methods would minimize environmental pollution of rubber industry and bring it to become sustainable and environmental friendly.
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author Mohammadi, Mitra
Che Man, Hasfalina
Hassan, Mohd Ali
Phang, Lai Yee
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Che Man, Hasfalina
Hassan, Mohd Ali
Phang, Lai Yee
Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia
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Che Man, Hasfalina
Hassan, Mohd Ali
Phang, Lai Yee
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title Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia
title_short Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia
title_full Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia
title_fullStr Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia
title_sort treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in malaysia
publisher Academic Journals
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13419/1/13419.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13419/
http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJB/article-abstract/F1D29F320620
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