The worldwide awareness on the environmental issues adversely impacting human lives on a day-to-day basis is gaining momentum. The NGO's and social activist groups play a catalytic role in highlighting the environmental issues and fighting for the genuine rights of common men. In Tamilnadu, the ever vigilant Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board and the Courts of Law play a vital role in the strict enforcement of pollution control laws and environmental related issues. It is generally believed that the leather processing activities impact on environmental health. The processes involved in transforming a raw skin/hide into a finished product inevitably results in generation of solid and liquid wastes which need to be properly treated to comply with the prescribed environmental norms.
