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The Clean Rivers Challenge

The Government of India has One possible solution can be the use
launched several projects for of Ion Exchange Resins. These are
cleaning India’s Rivers. Namami regularly used in treatment of
Gange, the Government’s Clean industrial wastewater to remove
Ganga Mission, is aimed at cleaning heavy metals, organic compounds,
India’s holiest river. One focus of the color and other toxic ingredients
mission is to treat wastewater such as hexavalent chrome, arsenic,
flowing through drains into the river fluoride, cyanide etc. These
and the use of innovative technology capabilities of ion exchange resins
and immediate short-term measures are used in the treatment of effluent
to arrest pollution at exit points on water generated from various chemical,
the river front. pharmaceutical, electroplating,
tannery and leather industries.

Lanxess :
Sustainable Tanneries, Clean Ganga

Given that tanneries are considered as a major cause for the Ganga's water becoming polluted, a
solution for tanneries can help accelerate the achievement of NamamiGange. A medium-sized tannery
generates several metric tons of shavings as by-products every day. Using a production unit leased from
LANXESS, the plant can in the future manufacture a comparable volume of liquid X-Biomer directly on
site – automatically and virtually independently. Every trace of the waste is recycled, leaving no residue,
and without generating any emissions. Thanks to ReeL, tanners can save enormously on resources in
logistics and packaging through in-situ and just-in-time production. On the other hand, they do not have
to dispose of unavoidable by-products such as shavings: these are now used as raw materials for
retanning chemistry.

Photo Credit : Lanxess