The World Health Organization (WHO), defines biomedical waste as waste generated by healthcare activities such as diagnosis, treatment or immunization of animals or human beings or through research ...

The government today notified new rules governing management of bio-medical waste, providing for a wider coverage and making it mandatory to pre-treat lab waste, blood samples, etc, besides ...

It is widely understood that municipal solid waste, if not managed correctly, can be an environmental and health hazard. However, medical waste, by its very nature poses a significantly higher risk to ...

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 ...