<p>Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report on the compliance of various provisions of the BMW Rules by each of the states/UTs.</p> <p>The CPCB report recommended that state pollution control board's
The Malampuzha Dam Protection Council has called upon the government to close down a hospital waste management plant run by Indian Medical Association Goes Eco-Friendly (IMAGE), an initiative of the Indian
The Chennai Corporation will strengthen the management of biomedical waste in the city shortly. At a meeting attended by representatives of the Corporation, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and the Department of Environment among others, the Corporation was asked to improve scientific disposal of biomedical waste. This constitutes over 2 per cent of municipal waste in Chennai. The civic body will soon take initiatives to address challenges such as the lack of training for staff of hospitals in segregation of such waste and colour coding for waste management.
China's first official plan for hazardous-waste control was released on Thursday. Four ministries, including the Environmental Protection Ministry, published the plan, which aims to determine the exact
DIMAPUR: Even as maintenance of cleanliness and hygiene by both government-run hospitals and health centres as well as the mushrooming private hospitals and clinics in Nagaland has been under public scrutiny,
Seeks details from States on system adopted to prevent radiation Concerned over lack of proper facilities for disposal of radioactive substances used in government hospitals, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked States to provide it with information on the disposal of radioactive waste from hospitals. The States have been asked to respond within eight weeks failing which the Commission would take action for non-compliance.
If found guilty, a fine will be imposed on the hospital, officials say The Coimbatore Corporation has issued notice to Ganga Hospital here for attempting to dump biomedical waste at its waste management facility in Vellalore. According to T.K. Ponnusamy, Commissioner, Coimbatore Corporation, the civic body issued the notice on Sunday after the officials on Sunday morning found a bag of biomedical waste in the non-medical waste that was transported from the hospital to the yard. The officials concerned were reportedly tipped off by residents. The waste bag contained used, blood-stained cotton, needles, bags used in blood transmission and gloves. It was a bag weighing just about two kg.
Indian Medical Association has joined hands with Credai Clean City Movement to tackle the increasing threat of biomedical waste in the city. Credai has signed an MoU with IMA to collect biomedical waste
Finding it difficult to dispose of the biomedical waste generated in your home? The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) offers you a solution. It has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for collecting biomedical waste from apartment complexes in the city and to treat it at the Indian Medical Association’s Goes Eco-friendly (IMAGE) plant.
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court today directed the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) to initiate criminal proceedings against the erring hospitals and the concerned persons. A division bench
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has given go ahead to the establishment of two Bio-medical Waste Management Projects one each at Jammu and Srinagar with the directions for setting up of facilities of incinerators at Leh, Kargil, Doda and Poonch. Approving the proposal involving on expenditure of about Rs 7.40 crore for the creation of this facility to cater to the bio-medical waste generated in various Government and private hospitals in the State, the Chief Minister said that the identification of feasible sites for establishment of Bio-medical Waste Projects should be time-lined to start the construction work.
