1. Waste Management in
Pharmaceutical Industry
Presented By
Md. Mohsin (NUB)
Md. Sahab Uddin (SEU)
Md. Manir Ahmed (BU)
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1. Introduction
2. Sources of Pharmaceutical waste
3. Types of pharmaceutical waste
4. Solid waste treatment
Outline
5. Liquid waste treatment
6. Chemical & biological
treatment
7. References
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Introduction
Waste management is the generation, prevention,
characterization, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse
and residual disposition of solid and liquid wastes.
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Consequences of improper management
Endocrine Disruptors
Low sperm counts
Neurological disorders in children
Developmental & reproductive problems in
wildlife
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Sources of Pharmaceutical waste
Waste
Sources
Passed
recommended
shelf-life
Discarded due to
contaminated
packaging
Waste generated
during the
manufacture
No longer required
by the public
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Types of pharmaceutical waste
According to -
Physical
Nature Degradability
Human
Health and
the
Environment
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Solid waste treatment
1. Incineration
2. Scrubbing
3.Landfill
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Liquid waste treatment
Liquid wastes are
treated in effluent
treatment plant (ETP)
Chemical
treatment
Biological
treatment
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Chemical treatment
. Effluent
from
production
area
Screening
chamber
Raw effluent
tank
Oil & grease
separation
Flush mixer Flocculation Equilization
Primary
clarification
Sludge holding tank
Sludge
drying bed
Liquid waste
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Biological treatment
Liquid
waste
Moving bed
biological reactor 1
Secondary
clarification 1
Moving bed
biological reactor 2
Secondary
clarification 2
PSF PUMP
Sand filter
Activated
Carbon filter
Water tank 1
Activated
Carbon filter
Water tank 2
Liquid
discharge to
environment
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Different parameters tested after treatment
Standard
Parameters
Sulphide:
< 2 mg/L
pH: 6-9
BOD:
< 50 mg/L
COD:
< 200 mg/L
DO:
4.5-8
Chloride:
< 600 mg/L
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References
United States EPA, Pollution Prevention Fact Sheet, Washington, DC,March 1991.
Keoleian, G., and D. Menerey, “Sustainable Development by Design: Reviewof Life
Cycle Design and Related Approaches,” Air & Waste, 44, May 1994.
Theodore, L. Personal notes.
Dupont, R., L. Theodore, and K. Ganesan, Pollution Prevention: The Waste
Management Approach for the 21st Century, Lewis Publishers, 2000.
World Wildlife Fund, Getting at the Source, 1991, p. 7.
United States EPA, 1987 National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report—Executive
Summary, Washington, DC, GPO, 1991, p. 10.ASTM, Philadelphia, PA.
Theodore, L., and R. Allen, Pollution Prevention: An ETS Theodore Tutorial, Roanoke,
VA, ETS International, Inc., 1993.
United States EPA, The EPA Manual for Waste Minimization Opportunity Assessments,
Cincinnati, OH, August 1988.
Santoleri, J., J. Reynolds, and L. Theodore, Introduction to Hazardous Waste
Incineration, 2d ed., Wiley, 2000.