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 using a high-temperature chemical process ...
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Bio-medical Waste
Bio-medical Waste
To ensure a clean and green environment and prevent the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19, in Punjab a bar code system is being used for scientific management of bio-medical waste
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To ensure that the biomedical waste generated due to the use of gloves and masks during the COVID-19 pandemic is not mixed with the general solid waste, Central Pollution Control Board has now come out with guidelines ...
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Central Pollution Control Board told the National Green Tribunal that there is no Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facilities in Andaman and Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim to handle treatment and disposal of biomedical waste ...
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Municipal corporations in Delhi are responsible for collecting COVID-19 bio-medical waste from houses of patients undergoing home quarantine which goes to the waste-to-energy plants for incineration ...
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Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said that a plant to covert plastic waste into bio-diesel, will be made operational at the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) in Dehradun by the end of January on pilot basis after which the model will be replicated across the country
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‘How Do You Propose To Deal With Bio-Waste In 23,684 Hospitals’: NGT To Bihar’s Department Of Health
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Bihar government to submit complete details about the units generating bio-medical waste and share its plan to deal with the trash generated by 23,684 hospitals and nursing homes in the state
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To improve compliance and strengthen implementation of environmentally sound management of bio-medical waste in India, government amends bio-medical waste management rules ...
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According to recent report there is need for stringent monitoring and evaluation framework to ensure safe and effective management of waste ...
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The Ministry is looking forward to innovative ideas from academic institutes to tackle India’s waste problem ...
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A recent report by CAG highlights how most hospitals in Arunachal Pradesh don't have facilities for disposal of bio-medical waste ...
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Biomedical waste has been found dumped along with municipal solid waste in Dehradun, raising concerns about whether the city is being careless about the government’s biomedical waste disposal rules ...
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