Chennai: Every day, hospitals in the city, including private ones and public health centres (PHCs), generate approximately 10,000 kg of bio-medical waste collected in colour coded bags. While the ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

Authorities have expanded the earlier two-bin system, wet and dry waste, into a four-bin framework ...

The new waste rules mandate a four-bin system with wet, dry, sanitary, and hazardous waste, replacing the earlier two-bin model.

Health centres will have to maintain a separate record of waste generated during the treatment of Covid-19 patients from now on. Moreover, the centres having isolation facilities have been asked to ...