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.

Sa\'adu Salau     Makama Of Kaiama     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Bamidele Adegoke     Isiaka Yusuf     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Halidu Danbaba     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     ER-KANG Mining     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Tunji Ajanaku     07039448763     Shero     Kwara Volleyball Association     Alfa Belgore     Fulani     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Amina El-Imam     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Emir Of Ilorin     Moshood Bakare     SSUCOEN     Atunwa     Ijakadi     Ayo Salami     NIRSAL     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Yomi Ogunsola     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Issa Oloruntogun     Alikinla     Bola Sagaya     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Gurei     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Yunus Oniboki     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Oja-Oba     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     AGM Professional Services     Yeketi     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Congress For National Consensus     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Shettima Of Ilorin     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Yinka Aluko     National Broadcasting Commission     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Muritala Olarewaju     Wahab Egbewole     Garment Factory     Adesoye College     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Ibrahim Bio     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Ajidagba     Apaola     Idowu Aremu     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Gbajabiamila     Kolo     Shonga Farm Project     John Kehinde Salako     Kwara Politics     UNIFEMGA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Apaola     Henry Olaosebikan     Musa Aibinu     Yahaya Abdulkareem     ASKOMP     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Rebecca Bake     Osinbajo     Kwara South     Doyin Group     Sunset Workers     Lateef Fagbemi     Yoruba     Bello Oyedepo     Sabitiyu Grillo     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     ITP     YAKOOYO     Jani Ibrahim     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Bankole Omisore     Justina Oha     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Kunle Suleiman     IF-K     Forgo Battery     Emir Of Ilorin     Niyi Ogundiran     Bola Tinubu     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Bello Abubakar     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Omupo     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Kwara Restoration Project     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Yeketi     Kolade Solagberu     Isaac Gbenle     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Illyasu Abdullahi     Danladi     Mazars Consulting     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     KWASAA     Falokun-Oja     Ahmad Ali     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Quarry Royal Valley     Barakat Community Secondary School     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Adeleke Ogungbe     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Labaeka     Durosinlohun Atiku     Neo Mundo Ltd     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Maryam Nurudeen     Okedare     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Lithium Deposit     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Kwha.gov.ng     Mohammed Haruna     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Kehinde Baale     Offa     Modibo Kawu     Zulu Gambari     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Quareeb Islamic Association     Salihu Yahaya