Surat: Following a TOI expose on how quacks flourished fearlessly in the city, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Sunday shot off notices to 952 organisations demanding details of their infrastructure and biomedical waste disposal mechanisms.

BY MIKE MELIA

Miles from shore in the open Caribbean Sea, cruise ships are dumping ground-up glass, rags and cardboard packaging. But vessels in other waters such as the Baltic and North seas are prohibited from throwing any solid waste overboard other than food scraps.

Ahmedabad: With no deaths reported from hepatitis-hit Sabarakantha district on Sunday, the toll stood at 56, while 11 new cases were admitted from Modasa, Idar and Meghraj taluks
The Gujarat health department is investigating the role of about seven companies which could be involved in the recycling of the biomedical waste, health department officials said on Sunday.

Ahmedabad: This is why infected syringes find their way into the recycling market putting countless lives at risk. A 15-member committee consisting of state health and pollution control board officials which was to monitor that every medical waste produced anywhere in Gujarat is disposed off according to norms has not met for the last three years.

Though the government has banned polythene bags in the city, it has not yet come up with a better environment-friendly alternative.

Recently, some newspapers published articles where the government is asking people to suggest an alternative to plastic bags.

The campaign to start from Delhi

NEW DELHI: The Plastic Bags Awareness Forum has announced the launch of an awareness campaign to allay misconceptions about use of plastic bags.

Ahmedabad : The proprietors of death factories need not worry much even if images of contaminated syringes, needles and other
bio-medical waste stored for recycling scared you to death. Even if the accused are found guilty, under IPC sections 269 and 278, they will be punished for six months of prison with a measly Rs 500 as fine.

AHMEDABAD: More death factories churning out tonnes of biomedical waste were unearthed from Ahmedabad

Environmental worries have transformed the waste industry, says Edward McBride. But governments