Covid, non-Covid trash! Fast-filling yellow bins keep medi-waste handlers on their toesCorporate and government offices, which are resuming operations after the two-month lockdown, have been advised by various state-level Poll...
01 Jun, 2020, 11.28 AM IST
NGT directs team of Centre, CPCB to supervise scientific disposal of COVID -19 wasteThe tribunal said that while the Bio Medical Waste Rules deal with waste generated in dealing with infectious diseases, the coronavirus pan...
24 Apr, 2020, 01.03 PM IST
Guidelines issued for handling of waste generated during COVID-19 patient's treatmentThe apex pollution monitoring body said specific guidelines are required to be followed by all, including isolation wards, quarantine centr...
21 Apr, 2020, 10.00 AM IST
- Centre modifies rules for e-waste and biomedical waste management26 Mar, 2018, 05.17 PM IST
India to generate 775.5 tonnes of medical waste daily by 2020: StudyThe study, which was released yesterday, said medical waste is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 7 per ce...
23 Mar, 2018, 12.02 PM IST
Submit list of hospitals and waste generated:NGT to Delhi govtAsking medical bodies to ensure proper collection, segregation and disposal of bio-medical waste in the national capital, the National Gree...
16 Oct, 2016, 10.36 AM IST
Environment ministry releases new Bio-medical waste management rulesThe Environment ministry today released the new Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 which will bring in a wider and more comprehensive...
27 Mar, 2016, 07.23 PM IST
Standard Medicines to foray into biomedical waste managementStandard Medicines is entering a new business vertical with plans to supply eco-friendly biomedical waste management machine to hospitals i...
02 Sep, 2015, 11.46 AM IST
- Jharkhand to set up bio waste plant in Jhiri
The state government is planning to set up a biomedical waste treatment plant in Jhiri village, some 30 km from Ranchi following Jharkhand ...
16 Jul, 2015, 07.00 AM IST
- Code green for Chennai, Mumbai
Chennai and Mumbai are the only big Indian cities with an effective system to manage biomedical waste, whereas Delhi and other north Indian...
19 Jan, 2015, 10.21 PM IST
Delhi High Court stays closure of bio-medical waste treatment plantThe plant, situated barely 30 metres from Sukhdev Vihar, is a threat to the health and life to the 10 lakh population living near it, resid...
08 Jan, 2015, 04.10 PM IST
18 hospitals served notices for ignoring rules for bio-wasteNotices have also been slapped on the Shrishti Institute of Medical Science & Research Centre, Korba, Mission Hospital, Bilaspur and other ...
04 May, 2014, 04.05 PM IST
NGT to decide whether biomedical waste disposal units need ECThe National Green Tribunal today reserved its verdict on whether bio-medical waste disposal units require environment clearance prior to b...
01 Oct, 2013, 06.39 PM IST
173 hospitals in state implement biomedical waste management system: Punjab govtPunjab government is taking all necessary measures to implement biomedical waste management and handling system as 173 hospitals working un...
15 Sep, 2013, 07.15 PM IST
5 Delhi hospitals not strictly adhering to biomedical waste management rules: Jayanthi NatarajanFive Delhi-based hospitals have been found to be not strictly adhering to the parametres prescribed under the bio-medical waste management ...
29 Aug, 2013, 06.02 PM IST
- 54 hospitals found violating bio-medical waste rules in Punjab
Fifty-four hospitals were found violating norms of bio-medical waste disposal during raids conducted in the last week, the Punjab Pollution...
10 Jul, 2011, 07.07 PM IST
- Bio-medical waste plagues NCR
Delhi may have finally been able to deal with its bio-medical waste but the national capital region (NCR) is lagging far behind in managing...
05 May, 2008, 02.09 AM IST