PANJIM: In a bid to ease its huge bio-medical waste problem, the Goa Medical College has begun testing its newly acquired bio-medical waste incinerator feeding small amounts of medical waste to it initially.

“We have started using it. Right now, trial runs are on with the help of officials of the company,” Dr Sunanda Amonkar, the medical superintendent said. This is GMC’s latest effort to deal with its both municipal solid waste as well as biomedical waste, which it has been grappling with for years. Earlier there were complaints that the incinerator used to break down frequently because it was fed with mixed waste.