The exercise took place from 10th – 13th April 2018 and conducted by two international tannery waste water (effluent) treatment and disposal expert contracted by ALLPI. They were accompanied by Harrison Mungai who is ALLPI’s Tannery expert.
Six (6) tanneries 2 in Masaka, 3 in Jinja and 1 in Busia were visited and the following observations/suggestions were made for each tannery as listed hereunder:
1.Leatherland Ltd in Masaka
The Management was requested to send the following information to the consultants to enable them advice on short term solution as they prepare final report which will come with recommendations and the way forward.
- Information concerning its installed capacity both for hides and skins.
- A sketch of its existing ETP.
2.Novelty Tannery in Masaka.
The management was requested to: -
- Segregate lime, chrome liquors and general waters,
- Information concerning its installed capacity both for hides and skins.
- A sketch of its existing ETP,
- Recommendation on utilization of solid wastes will be highlighted in the final report.
3.Skyfat Tannery in Jinja
The tannery was advised on how to improve the efficiency of its ETP. It was also requested to avail the following to the consultants: -
- Information concerning its installed capacity both for hides and skins.
- A sketch of its existing ETP.
4.SWT Tannery in Jinja.
To enable the consultant to come up with a short-term and long-term solution, the Management was requested to them the following: -
- Information concerning its installed capacity both for hides and skins.
- A sketch diagram of its current ETP system.
- On-site visit advice was also given,
- The Tannery was advised to liaise with relevant Government department to address the issue of thousands of tons of limed pelt which are heaped within tannery compound due to Government strict policy on non-value-added commodity.
5.Leather Industries of Uganda (LIU) in Jinja.
Although the Tannery has a modern ETP system, it was advised to put more emphasis on improvement of its ETP operational system and stepping up its housekeeping standards.
6.Jambo Tannery in Busia.
The Management was requested by the consultant to send the following to them to enable them come up with short term and along lasting solution.
- Information concerning its installed capacity both for hides and skins,
- A sketch diagram of its current ETP system,
- The tannery was also requested to improve on its curing/preservation of hides/skins system,
- On-site visit advice was given.
