Definition of Extension Services
Identification of the sources of pollution
in the tanneries, and recommendation of the tannery specific,
cost effective measures and technologies for the reduction of
pollution as well as physical implementation of the In-house
pollution reduction measures and technologies in the target
tanneries. Demonstration and furnishing of unit specific, cost
effective and field tested solutions in the target tanneries
for pollution reduction by adopting measures for pollution
abatement, waste management and recycling, chemical recovery
and reuse, installation of instrumentation and control systems
for utilizing the more efficient and environmentally safe
production technologies.
 
Environmental Audits
Fifty-four Environmental Audits have been conducted in the selected tanneries for process analysis, physical surveys, quantification and characterization of effluent, solid waste, air emissions and water quality. Occupational health and safety situations have also been evaluated. Laboratory arrangements have been made for precise testing of required items and parameters.
  
Table 1: Environmental Audits Status (Phase-I)
Sr. No. Cluster

Large

Medium

Small

Total

1 Lahore-Sheikhupura-Muridke 10 4 - 14
2 Sialkot 4 21 1 26
3 Multan 3 4 2 9
4 Gujranwala -

3

2 5

Total

17

32

5 54
 
Table 2: List of Tanneries (Environmental Audits and Action Plans)
LARGE TANNERIES
Sr. No.

Cluster

Tannery

1 LAHORE Eastern Leather Company (Pvt.) Ltd.
2 " HMB Tanneries (Pvt.) Ltd.
3 " Royal Leather Industries Ltd.
4 " East Pakistan Chrome Tannery (Pvt.) Ltd.
5 " Siddiq Leather Works (Pvt.) Ltd.
6 " Hafeez Shafi Tanneries (Pvt.) Ltd.
7 " National Tanneries of Pakistan Ltd.
8 " Dada Enterprises (Pvt.) Ltd.
9 " Universal Leather and Footwear Industries Ltd.
10 " General Leather Pvt. Ltd.
11 MULTAN Khawaja Tanneries (Pvt.) Ltd.
12 " Multan Hide (Pvt.) Ltd.
13 " Ghafoor Tannery (Pvt.) Ltd.
14 SIALKOT Leather Field (Pvt.) Ltd.
15 " Sheikh of Sialkot (Pvt.) Ltd.
16 " Khas (Pvt.) Ltd.
17 " Munir Tanners (pvt.) Ltd.
MEDIUM TANNERIES
Sr. No. Cluster

Tannery

1 GUJRANWALA Munir Bashir Tannery.
2 " Tariq Tannery.
3 " Arshad Mahmood Tannery.
4 LAHORE Pakistan National Tannery (Pvt.) Ltd.
5 " New Age Tannery.
6 " Al-Karam Tanneries (Pvt.) Ltd.
7 " Al-Ramzan Tannery (Pvt.) Ltd.
8 MULTAN Mehr Dastagir Leather & Footwear Industries (Pvt.) Ltd.
9 " Kareem Tanner.
10 " Khawaja Maqbool Tannery.
11 " Sabir Tannery.
12 SIALKOT Hansa Leather Garments (Pvt.) Ltd.
13 " Glance Leather Industries (Pvt.) Ltd.
14 " Leather Master (Pvt.) Ltd.
15 " BK Tanneries.
16 " Daiko Enterprises (Pvt.) Ltd.
17 " Mir Khalid Leather Wear.
18 " Mirage Mehra (Pvt.) Ltd.
19 " Leather Village (Pvt.) Ltd.
20 " Padana Garments (Pvt.) Ltd.
21 " Hamza Industries (Pvt.) Ltd.
22 " Kampala Industries (Pvt.) Ltd.
23 " Well-up Industries (Pvt.) Ltd.
24 " New National Tannery.
25 " Zil-e-Huma Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd.
26 " Abson Diffusion (Pvt.) Ltd.
27 " Hussain Leather Industries.
28 " RST International (Pvt.) Ltd.
29 " Aziz Tannery.
30 " Al-Munir Leather.
31 " Swisspo Leather.
32 " Khan Spall & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd.
SMALL TANNERIES*
Sr. No.

Cluster

Tannery

1 GUJRANWALA Imran Javaid Tannery
2 " Al-Karam Tannery
3 MULTAN Sheikh Khadum Hussain Tannery
4 " Khawaja Afzal Tannery
5 SIALKOT Rasa International Leather Company
* Environmental Action Plans were not prepared for small tanneries.
Table 3: Distribution of prescribed cleaner production options by tannery category (Phase-I)

Option

Large Medium Small Total
1 Laboratory Setting; new setup or improvements in an existing one 10 5 1 16
2 Recipe improvement; including manual salt de-dusting 2 1 0 3
3 Chemical use optimization and conservation 13 4 1 18
4 Water use minimization and conservation 14 4 1 19
5 Lime splitting optimization 2 0 0 2
6 Green fleshing optimization 5 0 0 5
7 Green trimming optimization 12 4 0 16
8 Wet blue trimming optimization 14 4 0 18
9 Occupational Health & Safety system 13 3 0 16
10 Physical improvement; including drainage system and chemical storage improvements 15 4 0 19
Table 4: Distribution of prescribed cleaner technology options by tannery category (Phase-I)

Option

Large Small Medium Total
1 Primary Treatment System 12 2 0 14
2 Chrome recovery and recycling 6 4 0 10
3 Salt de-dusting (mechanized) 8 1 0 9
4 Lime recycling 3 0 0 3
5 Process vessel improvements 0 1 1 2
6 Water treatment for hardness control 2 1 0 3
7 All other hardware designing and fabrication not mentioned above 0 0 0 0

 

 

 

 

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