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.

Sulu Gambari     General Hospital, Ilorin     Saadu Yusuf     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Ayobami Seriki     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     MAI Akande     Lateef Fagbemi     Imam Gambari     Unilorin     Saad Belgore     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Dairo Kunle Paul     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Erubu Oba Zubair     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Frootify     Post-utme     Peter Obi     Umar Danladi Shero     Marufat Oladosu     Kwara Apc     Kemi Adeosun     Yetunde Balogun     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Awoye     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Al-Hikmah Radio     Omoniyi Ayinla     Dele Momodu     Olayinka Olaogun     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Oyedepo     Afonja Descendants Union     Offa     Apado     Florence Saraki     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Saliu Alamoyo     Mohammed Abdulahi     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Abubakar Atiku     Saheed Popoola     Muhammadu Buhari     Kwara State Sports Commission     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Kwara State Governor     Eghe Igbinehi     Isau     Unicontinental Construction Company     Muslim Cementary     New Nigeria People’s Party     A.E. Afolabi     Ifelodun     BECE     Jaiz Bank     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Chief Imam Of Offa     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Ajeigbe     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Otuka     KWACOBPA     Kannike     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Curfew     Umar Gunu     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     ASUU     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Olaoye B. Felix    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Abdulwaheed Musa     Inside Kwara     Joseph Offorjama     Omotoso     Farouk Salim     Patigi Regatta     Temitope Ogunbanke     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Sobi Hill     Musbau A. Akanji     Kola Bukoye     Lawan     Convocation Ceremonies     NIPOGA     Ayo Opadokun     Sunday Popo-Ola     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Firdaos Amasa     Ekweremadu     Hakeem Idris     SWAN     Amuda Aluko     Ishaq Salman     Ilorin Metro Park     Timothy Akangbe     Oke-Ogun     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Yahaya Muhammad     Amosa     Sobi     Segun Olawoyin     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Iyabo Adewuyi     Ado Ibrahim     Lanre Olosunde     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Oyedepo     Segun Abifarin     Ilorin     Bareke     Ayinde Oyepitan     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Maimunat Oniyangi     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Ahmad Belgore     KWACOBPA     Fatai Olodo     Abubakar B.M     Nigerian Medical Association     Ahmed \'Lateef     Shaaba Lafiagi     Mohammed Saidu     Kwara State University Of Education     Hassan Saliu     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Kwara State Government     Olupako     Arinola Lawal     Maryam Nurudeen     National Broadcasting Commission     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Haliru Dantoro     Alabi Lawal     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     GANZY     Aminat Ahmed     Shagari     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq