Biomedical Waste Disposal

 

While there are no figures available for the amount of plastic that has ended up in landfills during the pandemic, since there is no separate collection of potentially hazardous domestic waste from non-Covid designated houses and institutions (which is what ends up in landfills), local administration officials in both cities admit that there has been an increase in the amount of garbage generated, and that gloves, masks, and personal protection equipment account for at least some bit of the increase. Biomedical Waste Disposal  And this is the waste that is collected along with other routine waste -- not biomedical waste from hospitals and other facilities that is collected and treated differently. Biomedical Waste Management Rules were notified in India, implementation has improved in certain areas but continues to remain iffy on key parameters. COVID-19 has brought the need for extremely careful handling of biomedical waste into renewed focus. Biomedical waste management is an integral part of traditional and contemporary system of health care. The paper focuses on the identification and classification of biomedical wastes in Ayurvedic hospitals, current practices of its management in Ayurveda hospitals and its future prospective. Waste means any useless, unwanted or discarded substance or material, irrespective of whether or not such substance or material has any other or future use. This includes any substance or material that is spilled, leaked, pumped, poured, emitted, emptied or dumped onto the land or into the water or ambient air.