The Study on Pharmaceutical Waste Management and Consumer Protection in the EAC Partner States (GIZ)
The study addressed 312 stakeholders. The findings show that pharmaceutical waste accumulates annually due to consumption, overproduction, rejected consignments, donations, and over-prescription. Approved disposals amount to 130,000 tonnes, with an average of 0.3kg per person. Private households contribute 5 to 15% of total generated waste. Manufacturers, regulators, health facilities, and stores dispose of solid waste through incineration, while hospitals, retail chemists, and warehouses use burning, landfill, or garbage collection as the almost exclusive disposal method.