APCTT, in cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Technology and Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), organized a National Workshop on Wastewater Treatment in SMEs from February 1 to 4, 2000 in Bangladesh. The objective of the workshop was to improve the concept of waste management and also to evolve the technological, institutional and economic guidelines involved in controlling water pollution through the application of appropriate and clean technologies in three industrial sectors; Leather; textile dyeing and pharmaceutical.

The four day workshop included sector specific technical sessions attended by academicians, consultants, engineers and scientists.

The leather sector covered a number of areas including clean processing, quality control and waste treatment. The textile sector covered water conservation and industrial pollution by textile dyeing industry.

The pharmaceutical sector covered technologies adopted for wastewater treatment in pharmaceutical and toiletries industries specially manufacturing the fine chemicals. The technical sessions were followed by visits to industries.

A panel of experts comprising the representatives of various organizations made suggestions and recommendation based on the resolutions adopted at the workshop.