International Journal of Marketing and Technology

Coffee industry uses large quantities of water during its processing. It has been estimated that 40–45 L of waste water is produced per kilogram of coffee. The waste water from coffee industries has high concentration of organic pollutants and is very harmful for surrounding water bodies, human health and aquatic life if discharged directly into the surface water. Having rich in organic matter it creates problem to the environment. Hence it is essential to treat and manage coffee waste. The available means of coffee waste management as on date is not ecofriendly and cheap. So the need of the hour is ecofriendly, cheap and cost effective means of treatment. An attempt was made in this study to use cheaply available bioproduct as a means for coffee waste treatment. Phyllanthusemblicawood was chosen to treat the coffee effluent. The coffee effluent was collected from Bodimetu, Thenithaluka, Tamil Nadu and its physicochemical characters and microbial load were analysed by standard methods. Before treatment the sample was undesirable in its physicochemical and biological properties. Coffee effluent treated with Phyllanthusemblica wood altered the physicochemical properties and reduced microbial load.