Guides to pollution prevention: The pharmaceutical industry. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5749146

Pharmaceutical manufacturers generate a variety of wastes during manufacturing, maintenance, and housekeeping operations which can be reduced or minimized through source reduction and recycling. The typical waste streams are spent fermentation broths, process liquors, solvents, equipment wash water, spilled materials, off-spec products, and used processing aids. Suggestions include improvements to operational practices, solvent recycling and implementing good materials management and housekeeping practices. To help companies in the industry identify opportunities for waste reduction at their own facilities, the guide includes a set of worksheets which take the user step-by-step through an analysis of the on-site waste generating operations and the possibilities for minimizing each waste. The guide and its worksheets would also be instructive to consultants serving the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and government agencies who regulate waste streams generated from these firms.

• Research Organization: Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Pasadena, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5749146
• Report Number(s): PB-92-100080/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-D8-0112
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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