The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to a veterinary dispensary at Pirna, a health officer of Cortalim Primary Health Centre and Indus Medical Centre, Porvorim, for failing to dispose bio-medical waste as per the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998.

WASTE is a major problem for any city, and a city without a proper solid waste management system is a hazard to public health.

Islamabad is one such city. The municipal dumping site in H-10 sector is not the only place that stinks in Islamabad.

Pune It will be a year in September since a blast at the bio-medical waste treatment facility at Kailash crematorium near Naidu Hospital killed seven of its employees. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) closed down the facility and till date the authorities have been unable to find an alternative treatment facility for city

The lackadaisical handling of biomedical waste poses serious hazards to citizens and the medical profession, says FREDDY DIAS

MUMBAI: At a time when Chembur residents are seeking the closure of the Deonar dumping ground for emitting toxic gases, a bio-medical waste treatment plant set up by the BMC at the ground's entrance is adding to their woes. The incinerator, which burns 10 metric tonnes of bio-medical waste, is situated near residential buildings.

Rio De Janeiro: Brazilians are kicking up a stink over 1,200 tonnes of British garbage, including toilet seats, dirty nappies and used syringes, that are rotting at two southern ports after arriving in container ships.
The trash, which arrived in Brazil earlier this year, was destined for Brazilian companies that said they were expecting shipments of recyclable plastic, officials say.

Acute shortage of technical staff in the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) prevents it from closely monitoring hospitals in the City to check if they adhere to different environmental norms, according to a top official.

Concrete policy to enforce ban alongwith providing people with alternatives is the only way out.

Drive against the use of polythene bags has become a costly affair for attendants of patients admitted in Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu

Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) has decided to acquire an incinerator at an estimate cost of Rs 30-40 lakh to dispose medical waste from hospitals in the port town.
Unlike other cities, MMC is blessed with a full-fledged garbage treatment plant at Headland Sada and with the purchase of incinerator it will be easer to treat medical waste.

The stretch past the mortuary of Thimphu referral hospital, where all medical waste is dumped, is a difficult place to take a walk by. It smells awful. Dead rats. Placentas. Used needles. Bloody bandages. All rotting.

There are also pharmaceuticals, chemicals, medical devices and radioactive material.