CHENNAI: The never-ending spree of open dumping of biomedical waste continues in Chennai even during the COVID-19 pandemic, with activists now spotting it in the southern suburb of Thalambur. Visuals ...

The new research, announced on Tuesday, is based on a system of autoclaving biomedical waste. Face masks and PPE suits were burnt earlier. Now this new recycling system will allow plastic products to ...

Used personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and hazardous biomedical waste, including syringes, saline bottles and bandages, are being dumped in open at government hospitals, crematoriums and other ...

Apart from the humanitarian crisis, an aftermath of the second wave of the pandemic has been the huge pile-up of biomedical waste generated. Experts and doctors say it is a ticking time bomb as far as ...