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BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA: A REVIEW
Biomedical waste management is mainly to reduce waste generation, efficient collection, handling and disposal in such a way that it controls infection and provides safety for working in the system.
Abstract
1, 2, 3 Department of Environmental Engineering, Ch. Brahm Prakash Govt. Engineering College Jaffarpur, New Delhi, (India) ABSTRACT Biomedical waste is defined as the waste generated during the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research activities or testing of biological, and including categories mentioned in schedule of the biomedical waste management rules 2016. Proper waste management strategy is needed to ensure health and environmental safety. Hospitals generate an enormous amount of dangerous waste. Biomedical waste management is mainly to reduce waste generation, efficient collection, handling and disposal in such a way that it controls infection and provides safety for working in the system. Increasing concern for community health standards and pollution control requirements demand that the huge mass of infectious waste be rendered as harmless as possible before it is disposed. This Paper also suggests a few measures for the effective management of waste disposal.