As Hyderabad is hub for bulk drugs in India, pollution and waste management are one of the toughest tasks for all bulk drug industry. Manufacture of these categories of products involves lot of chemical reactions.  Any chemical reaction besides producing targeted product also generates other by-products, side-products, and un-reacted products mixed with other chemicals.  Disposal of these unwanted products, which in some cases may be toxic, create lot of problem.  Creating facilities for disposal or treating such waste materials are very expensive and in many cases is beyond reach of pharma SMEs.

In order to handle the pollution and waste management, it is essential to provide training to all cluster firms, arrange pollution consultants in the field of water audits, advise them relating to the nature of different streams of pollutants, methods / scheme to reduce the liquid or solid waste generation and means to handle them effectively.  This will help the entrepreneurs in higher income, cleaner environment and reduces the water consumption. Many of the cluster firms have shown lot of interest in such services.