Bioremediation of Tannery Effluents for Sustainable Production of Leather in Uganda: Literature Review

Abstract

Tannery industry in Uganda has to comply with both local and international environmental standards if it is to remain sustainable. Failure to comply with the local and international environmental standards, this industry will have three fates in the country: first, hides and skins will either be half processed or exported in raw form; second, tannery waste effluents will escape to the environment beyond permissible levels, posing a risk to aquatic life and human health and safety in the country; third, exporting raw hides and skins due to fear of the closure of full operation as they fail to meet compliance requirements for the tannery effluents in the country. This results into donating jobs and other products of hides and skins We propose the in-depth study of the suitability of bioremediation technology as a possible sustainable treatment technology for tannery effluents which unfortunately is not properly documented in the country. Bioremediation of tannery effluents method has fully been documented by 5,800 researchers as shown in the google scholar search engine, indicating that it serves as a better method for treatment of tannery waste because of being environmentally friendly.'