Biomedical Waste Management in India - A Review Article

The safe and sustainable management of biomedical waste (BMW) is social and legal responsibility of all people supporting and financing health-care activities. In order to attain a cleaner environment where health and humans can thrive effective and efficient methods of biomedical waste management is mandatory. A collective teamwork with committed government support in terms of finance and infrastructure development, dedicated health-care workers and health-care facilities, continuous monitoring of Biomedical Waste Management practices, tough legislature, and strong regulatory bodies can lead to an efficient way of managing the biomedical waste. The best way is to segregate waste at source and waste reduction. Besides, a lot of research and development need to be done in the field to efficiently manage biomedical waste.