For the past three months, GHMS, a firm authorized by the GSPCB for managing biomedical waste, has been collecting it from around 15 hospitals, 32 dentists, 22 pathology labs, three veterinary ...

NOIDA: More than 15 years after rules for management and handling of bio-medical waste were notified, the provisions are yet to be fully implemented.An inspection conducted in March by the Central ...

Hospitals and nursing homes in Haridwar are making mockery of Bio-medical Waste Management and Handling Rules, 1998. Non-segregation of bio-medical waste seems to have become a norm in the city.

The bio-medical treatment facilities charge close to Rs. 3 per bed to collect the waste generated. It works out to less than Rs. 2,000 per month for clinics and nursing homes.

The government today notified new rules governing management of bio-medical waste, providing for a wider coverage and making it mandatory to pre-treat lab waste, blood samples, ...

Apart from notification of Bio-medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the CPCB has been taking several steps for ensuring proper ...

He pointed out that this material needed to be disposed off properly as it fell under the Bio-medical waste (Management & Handling) rules, 1998. External Affairs Minister Taken to Army Hospital in ...

Pune, Oct. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a new market research report titled, “Medical Waste Management Market by Service (Collection, Treatment, Disposal, Incineration, and ...

The bio-medical waste not segregated at source is a headache, said HDBMWT facility manager Riaz M G. Only 25 per cent of the waste they collect is segregated, he added.