Pune: A 28-member action committee of doctors has been formed to encourage medical practitioners to register for the common biomedical waste treatment facility at the Kailas crematorium.

Over 200 doctors associated with 14 different city-based associations met on Tuesday -- the last day of the 15-day drive started by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to register for the facility -- to form the action committee.

Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) effort to bring all clinics under the ambit of its common bio medical waste (BMW) disposal system has received a poor response from doctors with only 30

There is no policy or guidelines for disposing of toxic waste generated by city hospitals and nursing homes in the city. This shocking fact came to light in a recent RTI reply.

As if a pile of policies and laws on waste management were not enough, the government is drafting one more policy to deal with the garbage.

The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Thursday directed the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) to immediately stop the burning of biomedical waste.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued instructions to Haryana government to submit the details of hospitals adhering to the prescribed standards for the management of biomedical waste.

NAVI MUMBAI: The city and industrial development corporation (CIDCO), which is the civic authority for major part of Navi Mumbai, has appealed to the medical practitioners to dispose bio-medical wa

Five hospitals in the city have not been strictly adhering to prescribed standards of collection and disposal of bio-medical waste according to the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules

A committee set up by National Green Tribunal to inspect Delhi hospitals for biomedical waste disposal practices has found serious lapses at three government hospitals and some minor issues at two

JAIPUR: Come May and the country's first five-star rated green building in Achrol exclusively dedicated to environment audit will be ready to be inaugurated by Vice-President Hamid Ansari.