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Tannery and coal mining waste disposal on soil

Claudio Henrique Kray, Marino José Tedesco, Carlos Alberto Bissani, Clesio Gianello, Kelly Justin da Silva

01/Dec/2008

Tannery residues and coal mine waste are heavily polluting sources in Brazil, mainly in the Southern States of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. In order to study the effects of residues of chrome leather tanning (sludge and leather shavings) and coal waste on soybean and maize crops, a field experiment is in progress since 1996, at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Experimental Station, county of Eldorado do Sul, Brazil. The residues were applied twice (growing […]