Pharmaceutical Industries The 4 industries surveyed under this category manufacture medicines and herbal health supplements. Quantification of specific types of waste was Other Industry (recycler) Waste collector SWM Envi Landfill recyclables Nonrecyclables Collection - Nonproduction / mixed waste Production waste Plastic Industry Collection Disposal mixed waste Workers recyclables Take away free Page 45 complicated by the fact that all of the industries generally disposed of all waste types as mixed waste.

Waste generation rates at the various industries surveyed proved to berelatively low compared to other industrial categories. The highest rates wereestimated at PH-1 and PH-4. Both these industries produce herbalsupplements and traditional medicines, generating predominantly organicwaste in the process.

All the industries surveyed engaged contractors to manage their wastecollection apart from PH-4 who disposed of their own waste. PH-2 employeddifferent contractors to manage specific types of waste as shown below: Normal waste: Polycon Enterprise Paper: Central Melaya Paper Steel: KK Metal, Company E PVC bags: Tampin, Company E