Waste Management in Temad Pharmaceutical Company (Case Study)

Pharmaceutical industry, which includes four different type of manufacturing processes, fermentation, chemical synthesis, extraction and formulating, often generates high strength wastewater changing in character and quantity depending upon the used manufacturing processes and season. Among the wastewaters from different operations in this industry, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients effluent that rises from production units is characterized by small effluent flow and high pollution load. Recent advances in analytical technology have led researchers to discover trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in wastewater effluents, rivers, lakes and groundwater. Pharmaceuticals have also been detected in soil samples and fish tissues. Hence, waste management is very important in pharmaceutical industries. This research describes all environmental pollution abatement of Temad Pharmaceutical Company such as wastewater treatment plant, air pollution control and solid waste management.