To protect human health and the environment, the Ministry of Environment and Forests had notified the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 under the Environment (Protection) Act, ...

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 ...

Medical waste disposal is critical to healthcare management. Biomedical waste refers to any waste that contains infectious or potentially infectious materials. It is generated during various medical ...

In March 2021, Congress lawmaker Amme Yajnik demanded that the government take measures for better disposal of bio-medical waste, citing mishandling by the municipal agencies. On Wednesday, with India ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Medical Waste Management - A Global Market Overview" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This global report on Medical Waste Management analyzes ...

A team of researchers comprising of Dr. Anuj Dixit and Professor Pankaj Dutta from Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) carried out a study to ...

India generates 742 tonnes of biomedical waste daily and managing it gives hospitals, literally, a real headache. Most of the waste, which could be anything from blood, sputum, and body parts to ...

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 ...

The COVID-19 outbreak has left its impact on the health, social, economic and environment sector too. The vaccine has brought a ray of hope, but the absence of a strategy for disposing of ...