NTO specialist in Cambe, Brazil

Novartis is committed to keep the environmental impact from waste at a minimum and follows a clear waste management strategy. The aim is to prevent, reduce, recycle or use waste as an energy source, before selecting safe disposal as an option. Waste prevention and reduction is always preferred to treatment, incineration or disposal. This helps ensure the overall environmental impact related to waste remains minimal, while energy use from waste is maximized. All Novartis sites report waste data on a quarterly basis and our waste contractors are routinely audited to help ensure our waste is properly managed.

2025

Eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in product packaging¹ and reduce the amount of waste sent for disposal by 50% from a 2016 base year

2030

Reduce the amount of waste sent for disposal by 30% from a 2022 base year

Lab equipment

Two projects, aiming to revolutionize early drug discovery, could also help reduce hazardous waste.

  1. From Novartis owned and operated sites that are involved in secondary and tertiary packaging. This is supported by efforts to eliminate PVC from primary packaging where feasible