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Leather Waste to Energy: Environmental Benefits. A Review

Olena Mokrousova1, Olena Okhmat1, Halyna Sakalova2, Vitalii Ishchenko2, Myroslav Malovanyy3
Affiliation: 
1 Department of Biotechnology, Leather and Fur, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, 2 Mala Shyianovska St., 01011 Kyiv, Ukraine 2 Department of Ecology, Chemistry and Environmental Protection Technologies, Vinnytsia National Technical University, 95 Khmelnytske shose, 21021 Vinnytsia, Ukraine 3 Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 S. Bandery St., 79013 Lviv, Ukraine sakalova@vntu.edu.ua
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Abstract: 
This review outlines the main approaches to developing the energy recovery processes from leather waste. It discusses the challenges and opportunities for accelerating the utilization of solid leather waste for biofuel production and considers promising methods for processing biomass, chromium waste, sewage sludge, and fat into bioenergy feedstocks.
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