The innovative system converts degradable waste into soil additives while lab disposables are prepared for direct recycling
Some 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment (PPE), or the equivalent of the weight of several hundred blue whales, was ordered via a UN portal up...
According to experts, the movement against plastic has taken a battering in the pandemic with dependency on single-use plastic surging and households contributing to the tonnes...
Biomedical waste has become a major issue, now that it comes from every household due to COVID-19, writes Ripu Daman Bevli, Founder, Litter Free India movement...
Developed by researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, the new road-making material is a mix of shredded single-use face masks and processed building rubble designed...
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench headed by its chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that the standards of handling of Bio-medical waste need to duly...
In the last six months, between June to November, India produced 28,468.85 tonnes of COVID-19 related bio-medical waste, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
The COVID-19 related bio-medical waste generation in India has increased from 3,025.41 tonnes in June to 5,490 tonnes in September
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has roped in Jagruti Welfare Organisation for the collection of bio-medical waste from the doorsteps of houses within the BMC area
According to a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report, India generates about 101 Metric Tonnes per day (MT/day) of COVID-19 related bio-medical waste
27-year-old Binish Desai, known as the recycle man of India, is recycling bio-medical waste especially single-use masks, head cover and non-woven PPE (personal protective equipment) kit...
According to a study published in the journal Biofuels, billions of items of disposable Personal Protective Equipment can be converted from its plastic state into biofuels...