Waste Management in Pharmaceutical Industry

Presented ByMd. Mohsin (NUB)

Md. Sahab Uddin (SEU)

Md. Manir Ahmed (BU)

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LOGO1. 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, reuseand 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

No longer required

by the public

Waste generated

during the

manufacture

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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

treatmentBiological

treatment

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Chemical treatment

. Effluent

from

production

area

Screening

chamber

Raw effluent

tank

Oil & grease

separation

EquilizationFlocculationFlush mixerPrimary

clarification

Sludge holding tank

Sludge

drying bedLiquid waste

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Biological treatment

Liquid

wasteMoving bed

biological reactor 1

Secondary

clarification 1

Moving bed

biological reactor 2

Secondary

clarification 2PSF PUMP

Sand filterActivated

Carbon filterWater tank 1

Activated

Carbon filterWater tank 2

Liquid

discharge to

environment

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Standard

Parameters

Sulphide:

< 2 mg/L

pH: 6-9

BOD:

< 50 mg/LCOD:

< 200 mg/L

DO:

4.5-8

Chloride:

< 600 mg/L

Different parameters tested after treatment

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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 LifeCycle 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—ExecutiveSummary, 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 WasteIncineration, 2d ed., Wiley, 2000.

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