TWO garbage incineration plants are being allowed to operate illegally by the government in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, it is alleged, forcing residents to move and sickening

The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed an order of a single judge Bench for immediate closure of a bio-medical waste treatment plant in Sukhdev Vihar in South Delhi, which is allegedly affecting t

Adilabad: ‘Segregate before you throw waste’, ‘Waste can be hazardous’ and ‘Handle with care’ are the slogans popularised by various organisations with regard to bio-medical wastage management.

99 Cents Only Stores has agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle accusations that its operations improperly stored, handled and disposed of hazardous and pharmaceutical waste.

Safeway, Vons stores dumped medicines and batteries in landfills, prosecutors allege

Two private medical colleges in the Union territory of Puducherry have been dumping biomedical waste into water bodies, polluting the environment and exposing residents to health hazards, an enviro

City private hospitals are blatantly flouting hazardous biomedical waste disposal norms.

Altogether 115 medical units, including hospitals, nursing homes, pathology labs and orthopaedic and maternity clinics of the city are in the dock for not sending their bio waste for disposal to th

Thane: With increasing number of health care centres in the city, the amount of Bio-Medical Waste generated by them has also seen an increase.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Sustainability and Human Resources Vs The State of Madhya Pradesh dated 17/11/2014 regarding non compliance by the Madhya Pradesh Medical & Health Department and hospitals pathological laboratories etc. in the city of Bhopal with regard to the implementation of Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, improper disposal and discarding of such material into the open areas, streets and the lakes of Bhopal resulting pollution and endangering the health of the citizens.

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