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Non-hazardous waste

In 2004, we disposed of 43.1 million kg of non-hazardous waste (excluding non-routine waste). This is equivalent to the waste produced by approximately 34,800 UK households. Most non-hazardous waste is general site waste such as office waste paper, kitchen waste and non-hazardous substances used in manufacturing.

Many sites continue to look for ways to reduce waste and have undertaken waste management reviews.

Non-hazardous waste disposed
Year	Incinerated without energy recovery	Incinerated with energy recovery	Landfill
2001	12.1	5.8	35.3
2002	9.4	8.4	31.8
2003	6.5	8.3	29.3
2004	8.8	7.7	26.6

Per unit sales as percentage of 2001 baseline
2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
100%	89.8%	79.0%	81.2%	92.0%

Non-hazardous waste source
Other*	Site waste	Biological
2001	53.4	0.0
2002	48.0	1.6
2003	42.9	1.2
2004	42.0	1.1

Business	2001	2002	2003	2004
01. R&D	9.99	8.67	6.63	5.83
02. Biologicals	2.79	3.15	2.73	1.96
03. Consumer healthcare	13.33	11.45	14.46	14.11
04. New product and global supply	4.68	5.68	5.37	5.15
05. Regional pharma supply	4.34	4.21	3.66	3.30
06. Primary supply and antibiotics	13.02	12.08	7.12	7.47
07. Commercial	0.91	2.83	3.00	4.36
08. Other	4.32	1.54	1.11	0.87

Total non-hazardous waste disposed decreased by 2.3% since 2003 (19.3% since 2001). Non-hazardous waste disposed per unit sales increased by 2.8% since 2003 (but decreased by 18.8% since 2001) - meaning we have exceeded our 2005 target of an 8% reduction per unit sales since 2001.

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