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Abstract
The effects of a vegetable tannery wastewater, vegetable tanning agents and polyhydric phenols on anaerobic digestion were examined. For comparison, the effect of a chrome tannery wastewater was also examined. The vegetable based materials seriously inhibited the overall digestion process. This was shown to be due to an inhibition of the methanogenic phase. The chrome tannery effluent, however, showed only a slight effect both on the overall process and the methanogenic stage. The results were also used to demonstrate a possible basis for the design of an anaerobic reactor treating this type of waste.