(Видавництво Львівської політехніки, 2020-02-10) Popovych, Olena; Vronska, Nataliya; Yatchyshyn, Yuriy; Zaharko, Yaroslava; Lviv Polytechnic National University
The prospects of the pharmaceutical industry
development are closely connected with scientific and
technological progress. In Ukraine, handling hazardous
medical waste is an open question. The rapid
development of pharmacy in recent years has created and
increased the possibility of the generation and
accumulation of pharmaceutical waste at the enterprises
and in the environment. Only a few enterprises deal with
medical waste disposal. Medical waste recycling requires
an extremely high level of attention and carries great risks
associated with handling this medical waste. When
medical waste is burnt, strong pollutants are released into
the atmosphere – carcinogens, furans and dioxins from
chlorine halogen compounds, namely dumping of the
hazardous material that contains heavy metals, and is
likely to cause bioaccumulative hazardous substances to
transfer to the environment.
