Adhi Kusumastuti, FT Tata Busana and Rodia Syamwil, - (2016) The Recycle of Batik Wax: an Effort towards Environmental Friendly Process. International Journal of Innovative Research in Advanced Engineering, 3 (5). pp. 48-51. ISSN 2349-2763

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Abstract

—Batik industry, an industry widely run in Pekalongan, emerges some environmental problems. The use of various chemical agents in the dyeing process could be harmful to the aquatic life especially when the liquid waste is released without any prior treatment. While during the batik process, dye stuff and batik wax are among the major components. Both of them are used in high quantity that the recycle process will significantly minimise the next operational cost as well as minimise the water pollution. The used batik wax was separated from the liquid waste, the physical impurities were taken out, then the solution was neutralised and bleached. The quality of recycled batik wax was then compared to that of the new one in terms of its covering ability. It was found that the recycle of used batik wax has successfully improved the quality of used batik wax. The process was able to refine the used batik wax with efficiency of about 85%.

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