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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that we all are experiencing right now, there has been a sudden increase in the number of face masks and PPE’s that are being used in the market.
In India, Haryana state there are more than 600 clinics and labs. According to HSPCB, Gurgaon generates around 5,000 kg of hazardous biomedical waste daily, more than 80% of them have failed to obtain the statutory authorisation for handling biomedical waste.
Post lockdown, as people start coming out of their homes or public places, the demand for face masks is going to increase and with that, the PPE’s that are discarded would also rise. This would put public places and residence areas at high risk because of contamination from Personal Protective Equipments waste around, there is always a possibility of cross-contamination. So any medical waste and PPE has to be properly discarded and properly disposed of. We certainly don’t want our landfills to be filled with more PPE’s.
To provide efficient, economical and ecological solutions for biomedical waste (Personal Protective Equipment: Masks, Shields, Suits, Goggles, Linen and disposable gowns, gloves, lab shoes), and Optimisation of bio-hazardous waste management stream at healthcare facilities and public places .
One solution that emerges in this context is to establish a process flow that can collect PPE’s from the point of generation and take them to a treatment facility that can process them for its reuse and back to ecosystem.
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