Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Pathways to Increase Biogas Production in the Textile Industry

Thuane Mendes Anacleto, Betina Kozlowsky-Suzuki, Alan E. Wilson and Alex Enrich-Prast
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Thuane Mendes Anacleto: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia Vegetal e Bioprocessos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-901, Brazil
Betina Kozlowsky-Suzuki: Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos Marinhos, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22290-240, Brazil
Alan E. Wilson: School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
Alex Enrich-Prast: Unidade Multiusuário de Análises Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-901, Brazil

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-11

Abstract: The textile industry is one of the largest environmental polluters in the world. Although waste management via anaerobic digestion (AD) is a sustainable strategy to transform waste into clean energy and water recovery, the efficiency of the AD process is reduced by the presence of recalcitrant materials, chemicals, and toxic contents. This study aims to investigate the performance of several chemical, physical, and biological pretreatments applied to improve the biodegradability of textile waste. We performed a meta-analysis with 117 data extracted from 13 published articles that evaluated the efficiency of pretreatments applied to textile waste prior to AD to increase biogas production measured as methane (CH 4 ) yield. Even though the majority of the studies have focused on the effect of chemical and physical pretreatments, our results showed that the application of biological pretreatments are more efficient and eco-friendlier. Biological pretreatments can increase CH 4 yield by up to 360% with lower environmental risk and lower operating costs, while producing clean energy and a cleaner waste stream. Biological pretreatments also avoid the addition of chemicals and favor the reuse of textile wastewater, decreasing the current demand for clean water and increasing resource circularity in the textile industry.

Keywords: textile residues; biotechnology; methane; circular economy; fibers; cotton (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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