Received: 2024-02-15  |  Accepted: 2024-05-30  |  Published: 2024-06-30

Title

Purification of olive mill waste: a circular economy model for the Mediterranean region


Abstract

When olive mill wastewater is given directly to nature without being treated, natural waters become coloured, aquatic life is adversely affected, surface and underground waters are polluted, bad odours occur, and soil quality deteriorates. For these reasons, waste water is not allowed to be poured into soil and water without being discharged. This problem has become a problem that needs to be solved for the Mediterranean countries. With this study, acid cracking and chemical treatability studies achieved the conversion of the physicochemical pretreatment process of olive black water to an automation system. With the applied processes, removal efficiencies of 85% for Chemical Oxygen Demand, 99% for suspended solids, 97% for oil grease and 92% for phenol were obtained. Since the mixing processes of the tanks in the chemical additions are long, the heating chamber in the acid cracking process is designed larger than the tanks. Thus, when there is a black water density in the system, the heating tank in this system can be used as a heating and resting tank in sudden densities in this system. This waste separation process includes producing raw materials, protecting natural resources, and increasing sustainability. In particular, separating the phenol material and making it usable have been essential gains.


Keywords

life cycle practice, sustainability, olive processing, olive mill wastewater, Mediterranean countries


JEL classifications

Q10 , Q20


URI

http://jssidoi.org/ird/article/163


DOI


Pages

92-102


Funding


This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Feyzioglu, Ahmet
Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey https://www.marmara.edu.tr
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Ersoy, Sezgin
Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey https://www.marmara.edu.tr
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Omoruyi, Trevor Uyi
University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom https://www.chester.ac.uk
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Santoro, Donatella
Rete Europea dell'Innovazione (REDINN), Rome, Italy https://www.redinn.it
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Piccinetti, Leonardo
Sustainabile Innovation Technology Services Ltd, Limerick, Ireland https://sinnovations.org
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Journal title

Insights into Regional Development

Volume

6


Number

2


Issue date

June 2024


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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