Water test and recycling economy of traditional Chinese medicine industry

The pharmaceutical industry has always been a major environmental protection issue, after the "pollution gate" of Harbin Pharmaceutical General Factory once made a uproar In addition to the well-known "big polluter" chemicals, the traditional Chinese medicine industry is also facing serious environmental problems Statistics show that at present, there are 1636 traditional Chinese medicine enterprises in China, accounting for 32% of the national pharmaceutical industry enterprises, among which 1283 are proprietary Chinese medicine enterprises Among the top 30 pharmaceutical companies, about half of them are based on traditional Chinese medicine These large numbers of traditional Chinese medicine enterprises consume about 700000 tons of plant medicine every year, resulting in millions of tons of plant medicine residues (including water) If not treated in time, these residues will be putrefactive, stink and bacteria will grow However, the traditional methods of centralized stacking, burying and incineration will also cause environmental pollution In the face of this industry problem, a traditional Chinese medicine enterprise in Guangdong began to test a new way of water treatment, turning the dregs into fertilizer, trying to turn the waste into treasure [current situation] the treatment of drug residues has become a difficult problem for the development of traditional Chinese medicine enterprises "We were the first to burn drug residues We have a relatively large air pollution, which makes the surrounding residents have a lot of opinions." Zeng Sheng, chairman of Guangdong Yili Group Co., Ltd., told Nanfang Daily that as a large high-tech private pharmaceutical enterprise integrating scientific research, production, sales and service, Yili Group invested 130 million yuan in 2009 to build the largest modern extraction and production base of traditional Chinese medicine in China, with an annual output of 20000 tons According to experts, at present, in the two kinds of treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine residue, as waste stacking or burying, it will occupy a large amount of land, produce a large number of harmful and corrupt gases, and also pollute the groundwater; and burning the traditional Chinese medicine residue after drying will produce a large number of pollutants such as smoke dust and carbon dioxide, resulting in the pollution of the atmospheric environment Zeng Sheng said that as the average of the effective ingredients that can be extracted from plant medicinal materials only accounts for 5%, most of the medicinal materials will become dregs Yili Group produces 50000 to 100000 tons of drug residues every year After incineration is not feasible, the annual transportation cost of these drug residues is only one item, which is up to more than 1 million yuan On the other hand, it is also a problem that can not be ignored to occupy a large number of landfills, the high-tech treatment requirements and costs of anti pollution When the drug residue is putrefactive, it will cause the breeding of mosquitoes, flies, mice and insects, and become a hotbed of malaria, schistosomiasis, encephalitis B, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis and other infectious diseases At the end of 1987, Chaohu City, Anhui Province, with a population of less than 100000, built a garbage dump a few kilometers away from the urban area Because the urban garbage can be used as fertilizer, it was even welcomed by many villagers nearby However, the simple stacking of the garbage without harmless treatment produces the leachate of harmful substances, which pollutes the water sources of more than ten surrounding villages, and a large number of villagers suffer from hepatitis B, cholelithiasis and No.5 disease More than ten years later, in 2000, the garbage dump was blocked by more than 200 villagers, and a "refuse garbage incident" lasted for more than 20 days broke out [opportunity] bio organic fertilizer has a huge business opportunity "We later found that there is a great demand for fertilizer in many nearby vegetable gardens." Zeng said that because its production base is located in Sihui City, Guangdong Province, which has a large number of vegetable planting bases, many vegetable farmers are willing to use Yili Group's pharmaceutical residue as fertilizer After extracting the effective components of traditional Chinese medicine, the residue retains a variety of organic nutrients and a certain amount of active components, mainly including amino acids, crude protein, crude fiber, silicon, manganese, aluminum, zinc, barium, chromium, magnesium, iron and other inorganic elements and a small amount of vitamins, which are of great development and utilization value In fact, pharmaceutical residue is a very safe raw material of high quality organic fertilizer As a kind of plant-based material, pharmaceutical residue contains many kinds of nutrients, and will not cause secondary pollution in the production process According to the authoritative report, at present, the annual use of chemical fertilizer in China is about 130 million tons The use of chemical fertilizer plays a great role in promoting the development of agriculture in China However, the long-term use of chemical fertilizer also brings various problems such as environmental pollution, biodiversity loss, food residues, soil quality decline, natural landscape deterioration, etc., which leads to sustainable development and ecology Reflection on environmental protection and other issues In order to solve the problem of sustainable development of agriculture caused by the use of chemical fertilizer, "ecological agriculture" and "organic agriculture" are emerging in developed countries, and organic agriculture is promoted as an effective solution At present, more than 100 countries in the world are developing organic agriculture, with an annual growth of about 20%, which is the most active field in the food industry In 2007, the total certified area of organic products reached 31 million hectares, and the international trade volume of organic products reached more than 60 billion US dollars As the main consumer countries of organic products, the developed regions such as the European Union, the United States and Japan, about 60-70% of organic products are imported This has brought opportunities for developing countries such as China and agricultural exporting countries to export organic products, and also for the use and promotion of organic fertilizers At present, the production of organic products in China has begun to take shape and will enter a period of rapid development It is predicted that in the next 10 years, the annual average growth of China's total organic product production will reach 30% - 50%, and China will become the second largest organic product producer and the fourth largest organic agricultural product consumer Due to the gradual recognition of many advantages of bio organic fertilizer and the inclination of national policies, experts estimated that in 2004, the market of bio organic fertilizer will grow at a rate of 5% per year in the future, and will exceed 150 billion yuan by 2015 Guangdong and other coastal cities grow more cash crops and export a large amount of them There are strict requirements and restrictions on the use of fertilizers, and the sales of organic fertilizers in other regions are on the rise faster [mode] according to Zeng Sheng, the total investment of the first phase of the project is 145 million yuan After the completion of the project, the traditional Chinese medicine residue just out of the tank in the traditional Chinese medicine extraction base will be directly treated with environmental protection, and 150000 tons of traditional Chinese medicine extraction waste can be treated every year, and the auxiliary products can be used as organic fertilizer source The whole project adopts the international advanced high-temperature decomposition technology, the whole sterilization and decomposition process is carried out in the closed reaction tank, the process operations such as material preparation and crushing are carried out in the closed workshop with negative pressure exhaust, as well as the deodorization and dust removal equipment added to the system With the help of the best production technology, strict pollution treatment technology and management measures, the drug residue project can not only reduce the loss of organic raw materials and nutrients, ensure the quality of organic fertilizer, but also solve the environmental pollution problems caused by odor, dust, mosquitoes and flies Provide guarantee for the sustainable development of organic fertilizer industry At present, Yili Group has completed the trial production of environmental protection treatment by using the chemical residue from the extraction base The total nutrient content of the organic matrix is in line with the requirements of the internal standard and far exceeds the national industry standard It is a very high-quality organic fertilizer source raw material Zeng Sheng disclosed that the market price of ordinary organic fertilizer has now exceeded 1000 yuan / ton Based on the price of 1000 yuan / ton, the annual production is 150000 tons, and the sales revenue will reach 150 million yuan The cost of the project is only about 300 yuan / ton, which is very profitable If the bio organic fertilizer registration certificate is obtained after June 2013 to produce bio organic fertilizer, the market price can be as high as 2000-4000 yuan / ton, and its economic benefits will be more considerable "Our goal is to achieve zero abandonment of the whole industrial chain." Zeng Sheng said that for Yili Group, which has the largest extraction base of traditional Chinese medicine and tens of thousands of mu of traditional Chinese medicine planting base in China, the organic fertilizer produced by the residue recovery project can be provided to the company's existing traditional Chinese medicine planting base for use, while the traditional Chinese medicine planting base's traditional Chinese medicine is provided to the extraction base for use "In this way, we can turn waste into treasure, organically combine the traditional Chinese medicine industry with the traditional Chinese medicine planting industry, and form a green circular economic industrial chain between the traditional Chinese medicine planting - herbal medicine extraction - organic fertilizer manufacturing." Although Yili Group has its own organic fertilizer source API residue, its cost is much better than that of other companies However, the selected green technology has been very mature, which undoubtedly provides a practical new mode and new thinking for the development of green circular economy in traditional Chinese medicine industry For the surrounding farmers, this high-quality organic fertilizer is to solve one of the major problems "Although it hasn't been put into production yet, there have been a lot of professional growers coming to book it Now we are considering the next step of developing feed additives." Zeng Sheng said More than 70% of orange farmers currently use organic fertilizer all year round in sugar orange production areas such as Guangdong Sihui, Guangning, HUAIJI, Qingxin, Yingde and Zhaoqing With the huge market demand and growth space, Yili Group began to look for the technology of "turning waste into treasure", and sought cooperation with a number of scientific research institutions such as South China Agricultural University and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Finally, Yili Group and Budweiser International Biological Co., Ltd in Taiwan developed the "recycling economy project for environmental protection treatment of traditional Chinese medicine extraction waste" Data statistics show that there are 1636 traditional Chinese medicine enterprises in China, accounting for 32% of the national pharmaceutical industry enterprises, among which 1283 are proprietary Chinese medicine enterprises Among the top 30 pharmaceutical companies, about half of them are based on traditional Chinese medicine These large number of traditional Chinese medicine enterprises consume about 700000 tons of plant medicine every year, and the resulting plant medicine residue is up to millions of tons (including water).