EPR

  All human activities generate waste. We all understand that such waste may be dangerous and requires safe disposal. Industrial waste, sewage and agricultural waste pollute water, air and soil. It can also be hazardous to human beings and the environment. Similarly, hospitals and other health care facilities create lots of waste, which can carry infections, particularly HIV, Hepatitis B & C and Tetanus, to the people who handle it or come in contact with it. India produces around three million tonnes of medical wastes every year, and the amount is expected to grow at eight percent annually. Types of Bio-medical waste Bio-medical waste means “any solid and liquid waste including its vessel and any intermediate product, which is generated during the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or research activities about it or in the production or testing of biological or in health camps. Biomedical waste poses a hazard due to two principal reasons –...