National industries will be placed between a rock and a hard place by the incoming, revised EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD), German pharmaceutical industry association Pharma Deutschland has warned.
German Industry Concerned It Will Be Hung Out To Dry By EU Wastewater Directive
The revised EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, which obliges pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries to contribute at least 80% towards the costs of removing micropollutants from wastewater through quaternary treatments, will place an additional burden of around €2bn per year on German manufacturers, says Pharma Deutschland.
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