Biomedical waste comprises human & animal anatomical waste, treatment apparatus like needles, syringes and other materials used in health care facilities.
85% of the hospital waste is non-hazardous and 15% is infectious/hazardous. Mixing of hazardous waste with non-hazardous waste results in to contamination and makes the entire waste hazardous.
Hence there is necessity to segregate and treat the biomedical waste.
The new bio-medical waste management rules replaced the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 to efficiently manage the generated bio-waste in the country.
Salient Features
The scope of the rules has been expanded to include vaccination camps, blood donation ....
