Wastes from hospitals, laboratories, human and animal clinics are considered hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Non-hazardous includes beddings, linens, bandages, and even waste from the kitchen. In ...

Biomedical waste management has been a serious environmental issue the country has been facing for quite a long time now. The issue has been hitting the headlines for the last some decades as there ...

The Union government has now brought in a consolidated guidance on biomedical waste management in a bid to create uniformity in the existing biomedical waste management norms of the Central Pollution ...

The Delhi government will establish new biomedical waste treatment facilities to increase disposal capacity to 46 tonnes daily, addressing rising pollution concerns. These facilities will use advanced ...

Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday announced that Delhi will soon get new Common Bio-Medical Waste ...

CUTTACK: Disposal of biomedical waste in the state-run medical college and hospitals at Cuttack, Berhampur and Burla came into focus on Thursday with the Orissa High Court disposing of a PIL which was ...

India, Feb. 19 -- Delhi will soon get new Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBWTFs), Environment Minister ...

Kolkata: In a bid to improve biomedical waste management and curb illegal handling, the Bengal government has implemented a bar-coded tracking system in all govt hospitals. This digital system is ...

A recent study evaluating the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has found that almost 50 per cent of biomedical waste is being disposed off with municipal garbage. The Biomedical Waste Management ...