Sources of Bio-Medical Waste:
While urban solid waste has attracted the attention of town planners, environmental activists and civic administrators, there is yet lack of concern for some special sources of waste and its management.
One such waste is bio-medical waste generated primarily from health care establishments, including hospitals, nursing homes, veterinary hospitals, clinics and general practitioners, dispensaries, blood banks, animal houses and research institutes. The other sources of biomedical waste are the following:
Households: The domestic sector generates biomedical waste in your household. The types of bio-medical waste generated in a household are syringes, cotton swabs, discarded medicines, bandages, plaster, sanitary napkins, diapers etc.
Industries, education institutes and research centers: Animal houses and laboratories of industries, education institutes and research centers also generate bio-medical waste in substantial quantities.
Blood banks and clinical laboratories: The biomedical waste (Management and Handling) Blood banks and laboratories generate most of the categories of waste.
Health care establishments (for humans and animals):
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