No lessons learnt: Bio-med waste being recycled illegally

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No lessons learnt: Bio-med waste being recycled illegally [1]

Kumar Manish | TNN

Ahmedabad: Business of illegal disposal of bio-medical waste has started again. Over 150 kg bio-medical waste containing needles, syringes, blood bags, vials and other material was seized from a godown in Ghatlodia on Tuesday. The material was neatly packed in plastic bags. This proves that a large amount of medical waste is still not being incinerated in the city.

Publication Date:

24/06/2010

Source: Times Of India (Ahmedabad) [2]

Tags:

Solid Waste [3], Hospital Waste [4], State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) [5], Gujarat [6], Times Of India (Ahmedabad) [2], Waste Recycling [7]

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