The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the draft “Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2015” to enable the prescribed authorities to implement the rules more effectively, thereby, reducing the bio- medical waste generation and also for its proper treatment and disposal and to ensure environmentally sound management of these wastes. “Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2015” shall apply to all persons who generate, collect, receive, store, transport, treat, dispose, or handle bio-medical waste in any form.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/draft-bio-medical-waste-management-and-handling-rules-2015
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/ministry-environment-0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/forest-and-climate-change
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bio-medical-waste-rules-1998-0
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-management
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-treatment