UNILORIN don discovers use of eggshell to tackle pollution

Date: 2021-09-05

Professor Omodele Eletta of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ilorin, has discovered the use of eggshell, coconut shell, sawdust and croaker fish scales for the prevention of environmental pollution.

Eletta disclosed this in her Inaugural Lecture entitled: "Bad yet good: Rummaging and Combatting for Future Water and Land Security".

The don, who lectures at the Faculty of Engineering, also listed pawpaw leaf, coconut shell and cocoa pod among agricultural wastes that could be used to combat environmental pollution.

According to her, the exploitation of agro-waste could afford both a strategy for waste minimisation and a more sustainable production of energy and chemicals.

The expert warned that environmental pollution was an unfavourable alteration of the environment, adding that it was a global problem and Nigeria has its fair share due to the lack of strict monitoring of people's activities.

According to Eletta, every farm activity, however, low leaves some wastes in the environment and these wastes end up in various sectors of the earth.

She explained that different agricultural wastes have been optimised for use for waste water treatment prior to discharge to the environment.

She observed that eggshell, which ordinary is a waste material, has beneficiation and thermal treatment, as it could be used as absorbent for the removal of heavy metal from the solution.

The expert also disclosed that eggshell could be used as a bio-resource in a number of formulations.

Similarly, the expert also disclosed that plant wastes have also been investigated for suitability for absorption process in the quest to extract value "good" from the wastes of agricultural practices.

"Sunflowers are plants that grow wild and widely in Nigeria. It is regarded as a weed, with the stem/stalk having little economic importance," she said.

Eletta stated that the Sunflower was used as a precursor for developing an absorbent for wastewater treatment.

She noted that the studies she carried out indicated that Sunflower stalk could be used to prepare low-cost absorbents for water treatment.

The don advised government at all tiers that the utilisation and environmental protection initiative could help push an awareness campaign for sustainable future.

"Non-compliance to environmental regulations has led to serious degradation of the environment in Nigeria.

"It is recommended that realistic policies and legal structures must be put in place to harmonise government policies among industrial sectors and develop more holistic interventions and, not just peripheral actions," she said. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Babatunde Idiagbon     Taofik Mustapha     Nnazua     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Henry Olaosebikan     GRA     Kayode Laro     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Sarakite     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Ilorin Amusement Park     Kayode Zubair     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Musa Alhassan Buge     Ayobami Akanbi     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Okin Biscuit     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Adaramaja     Suleiman Idris     Tunji Olawuyi     Saeedat Aliyu     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Vasolar Consortium     KW-GIS     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Ibrahim Taiwo     Tosin Saraki     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Yakub Lai Gobir     Amusement Park     Amasa     Bilikisu Gambari     Student Learning Support Helpline     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Revenue Court     Mukhtar Shagaya     Bola Magaji     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Kunbi Titiloye     Peter Amogbonjaye     Roseline Oni Aremu     Danhawa     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Okin Group     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Olayinka Are     Alfa Yahaya Road     Oko Erin     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Forgo Battery     Ifelodun     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     MalHub     Owu Fall     Third Estate     Nigerian Medical Association     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Alimi     Sunday Popo-Ola     Ile Arugbo     Lithium Deposit     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Igbaja     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Igosun     Ilorin International Airport     Kaiama     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Eghe Igbinehin     Mahmud Ajeigbe    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Ojo Isekuse     Saba Mamman Daniel     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     ASUU     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     MMWG     Odo-Owa     United Nigeria Airline     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Saidu Isa     Sodiya     Chief Of Staff     Yomi Adeboye     Amule     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Ajasse-Ipo     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Binta Sulyman     Wasiu Odewale     Sarah Jubril     Ayegbeni     CKNG     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Ado Ibrahim     Michael Ologundea     Playing Host     Belgore     Yemi Osinbajo     Suleiman Idris     John Obuh     Sunday Fagbemi     Gabriel Fashanu     Communication Network Support Services     Ilesha-Baruba     Oyun     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Funmi Salau     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Donatus Ejidike     Alapansapa     Oba Of Jebba     Muhammed Akanbi     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Ishaq Salman     Maigida Soludero Transit     Okin Group     Olatomiwa Williams     Lanre Badmus     Ibrahim Labaika     Oba Abdulraheem     Ishola Abdullahi     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Tunji Folami     SDP     Odolaye Aremu     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Ibrahim Gambari     Durosinlohun Kawu     Saliu Mustapha     ER-KANG Mining     Olatunji Ayeni     James Kolo     Shoprite     Awili Pedro     Federal Allocation     Idris Amosa Saidu     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Senate Presidency     Aso-ofi     Issa Manzuma     Abubakar Imam     Aliyu Alhassan     Kulende-UITH     Anilelerin     Gbemi Saraki