Open AccessBIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENTCURRENT PRACTICES AND FUTURE PROSPECTIVE IN URBAN AREA
Author(s) -
Ranjith Gowda A S,
B. Rekha,
Shradha Satish Wantamutte,
Vikas Kumar P
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2020.v05i08.034
Subject(s) - business , government (linguistics) , health care , legislature , sustainable development , environmental planning , biomedical waste , hazard , legislation , waste disposal , environmental pollution , engineering , waste management , economic growth , environmental protection , political science , economics , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , environmental science , organic chemistry , law
Biomedical waste has become a serious healthhazard in many countries including India. The safe andsustainable management of biomedical waste (BMW) issocial and legal responsibility of all people supporting andfinancing health-care activities. Effective BMWmanagement (BMWM) is mandatory for healthy humansand cleaner environment. This article reviews aboutvarious attempt to study the classification & variousmanagement pratices by countries. The new rules aremeant to improve the segregation, transportation, anddisposal methods, to decrease environmental pollution soas to change the dynamic of BMW disposal and treatmentin India. For effective disposal of BMWM, there should bea collective teamwork with committed government supportin terms of finance and infrastructure development,dedicated health-care workers and health-care facilities,continuous monitoring of BMW practices, toughlegislature, and strong regulatory bodies. The basicprinciple of BMWM is segregation at source and wastereduction. Besides, a lot of research and development needto be in the field of developing environmental friendlymedical devices and BMW disposal systems for a greenerand cleaner environment.