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 ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CSIR–National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR–NIST) has entered into a collaboration with Angamaly-based startup Bio Vastum Solutions (BVS) to ...

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 ...

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 ...

ADILABAD: Irregularities in the collection and disposal of biomedical waste — needles, syringes, saline bottles, pipes, parts of human bodies and foetuses — have been observed in the erstwhile ...