Environmental Impacts of Sugarcane Industry - A Case Study on Kurungulam Mills in Thanjavur, India

Abstract

Sugar industries are a backbone to Indian industrial development. It also generates employment to rural population. The effluents are major environmental problem in sugarcane industries. The effluents generated in mostly organic having small quantity of inorganic material. The major discharges are waste water, bagasse, pressmud and molasses. Owing to its nutrient enrichment, the byproducts of sugarcane are analyzed for full utilization of wastage in sugar industry. The treated is used for irrigation purposes, the bagasse is used to generate electricity and paper production and press mud or filter cake is used as manure and molasses is used for distillery. The objective of this study to discuss the Environmental problem related to sugarcane industry.