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 ...

Government priorities can drive local waste partnerships towards the achievement of central targets and efficiency savings rather than wider sustainable waste management objectives, a recent study ...

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 ...

Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Delhi''s Minister for Environment and Forests on Wednesday said the Delhi government is set to establish new Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBWTFs) to strengthen ...

An assessment to determine the number of additional CBWTFs required and their locations is still underway, officials said ...

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 ...

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