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 ...

An innovative technology for the safe, sustainable and cost-effective management of biomedical waste, developed by a team of scientists at the the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science ...

KURNOOL: Kurnool principal district and sessions judge V. Radhakrishna Kripa Sagar said biomedical waste disposal in private nursing homes and government hospitals had become a cause of concern. “Lack ...

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 ...

In August 1987, the beaches of the United States witnessed a chilling phenomenon dubbed the “Syringe Tide.” Used syringes and other medical waste, such as blood vials and body tissues, began appearing ...

BATHINDA: India is sitting on a potential powder keg of serious infection — while the lengthening Covid-19 pandemic has spiked up the country’s generation of biomedical wastes and the infrastructure ...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) issued new guidelines on biomedical waste management, prompted by the findings of a performance audit on the Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment ...

Dublin, Dec. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Medical Waste Management Market" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This study of the medical waste management market examines ...

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is planning to start collecting biomedical waste from healthcare establishments and set up a plant to handle it, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Wednesday.