Advanced Collagen-Based Composites as Fertilizers Obtained by Recycling Lime Pelts Waste Resulted during Leather Manufacture
Recent trends in ecological agriculture practices are focused on finding optimal solutions for reuse and recycling of pelt waste from tannery industry. In this context, new collagen-based hydrogels with NPK nutrients encapsulated have been functionalized with synthetic and natural additives, includi...
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| description | Recent trends in ecological agriculture practices are focused on finding optimal solutions for reuse and recycling of pelt waste from tannery industry. In this context, new collagen-based hydrogels with NPK nutrients encapsulated have been functionalized with synthetic and natural additives, including starch and dolomite, to be used as composite fertilizers. Possible interaction mechanisms are presented in case of each synthetic or natural additive, ranging from strong linkages as a result of esterification reactions until hydrogen bonds and ionic valences. Such interactions are responsible for nutrient release towards soil and plants. These fertilizers have been adequately characterized for their physical chemical and biochemical properties, including nutrient content, and tested on three Greek poor soils and one Romanian normal soil samples. A series of agrochemical tests have been developed by evaluation of uptake and leaching of nutrients on mixtures of sand and soils. It was observed that the clay soil exhibits a higher adsorption capacity than the loam soil for most of nutrients leached from the composite fertilizers tested, with this being correlated with a slower control release towards cultivated plants, thus assuring efficiency of these collagen-based composite fertilizers. The most significant effect was obtained in the case of collagen-based fertilizer functionalized with starch. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d761e6eeb4dd487291969b9f11ba5cc92023-12-01T23:07:26ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602022-08-011415316910.3390/polym14153169Advanced Collagen-Based Composites as Fertilizers Obtained by Recycling Lime Pelts Waste Resulted during Leather ManufactureDaniela Simina Stefan0Ana-Maria Manea-Saghin1Irene-Eva Triantaphyllidou2Ioanna Tzoumani3Irina Meghea4Department of Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, RO-011061 Bucharest, RomaniaResearch Center for Environmental Protection and Eco-Friendly Technologies, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, RO-011061 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, GR-26504 Patras, GreeceFoundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), GR-26504 Patras, GreeceDepartment of Mathematical Methods and Models, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313, RO-060042 Bucharest, RomaniaRecent trends in ecological agriculture practices are focused on finding optimal solutions for reuse and recycling of pelt waste from tannery industry. In this context, new collagen-based hydrogels with NPK nutrients encapsulated have been functionalized with synthetic and natural additives, including starch and dolomite, to be used as composite fertilizers. Possible interaction mechanisms are presented in case of each synthetic or natural additive, ranging from strong linkages as a result of esterification reactions until hydrogen bonds and ionic valences. Such interactions are responsible for nutrient release towards soil and plants. These fertilizers have been adequately characterized for their physical chemical and biochemical properties, including nutrient content, and tested on three Greek poor soils and one Romanian normal soil samples. A series of agrochemical tests have been developed by evaluation of uptake and leaching of nutrients on mixtures of sand and soils. It was observed that the clay soil exhibits a higher adsorption capacity than the loam soil for most of nutrients leached from the composite fertilizers tested, with this being correlated with a slower control release towards cultivated plants, thus assuring efficiency of these collagen-based composite fertilizers. The most significant effect was obtained in the case of collagen-based fertilizer functionalized with starch.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/15/3169collagen-based compositesleather waste recyclingadvanced fertilizersinteraction mechanismsagrochemical tests |
| spellingShingle | Daniela Simina Stefan Ana-Maria Manea-Saghin Irene-Eva Triantaphyllidou Ioanna Tzoumani Irina Meghea Advanced Collagen-Based Composites as Fertilizers Obtained by Recycling Lime Pelts Waste Resulted during Leather Manufacture Polymers collagen-based composites leather waste recycling advanced fertilizers interaction mechanisms agrochemical tests |
| title | Advanced Collagen-Based Composites as Fertilizers Obtained by Recycling Lime Pelts Waste Resulted during Leather Manufacture |
| title_full | Advanced Collagen-Based Composites as Fertilizers Obtained by Recycling Lime Pelts Waste Resulted during Leather Manufacture |
| title_fullStr | Advanced Collagen-Based Composites as Fertilizers Obtained by Recycling Lime Pelts Waste Resulted during Leather Manufacture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advanced Collagen-Based Composites as Fertilizers Obtained by Recycling Lime Pelts Waste Resulted during Leather Manufacture |
| title_short | Advanced Collagen-Based Composites as Fertilizers Obtained by Recycling Lime Pelts Waste Resulted during Leather Manufacture |
| title_sort | advanced collagen based composites as fertilizers obtained by recycling lime pelts waste resulted during leather manufacture |
| topic | collagen-based composites leather waste recycling advanced fertilizers interaction mechanisms agrochemical tests |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/15/3169 |
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