Managing Bio Medical Waste through Public Private Partnership
Health care activities generate various types of hazardous waste. In India, annually, about 0.33 Million tones of hospital waste is generated. Waste generated per bed per day ranges from 0.5 to 2.0 kg. Of the total waste generated 80-85 per cent is noninfectious, 10 per cent is infectious and 5 per cent is hazardous. Unscientific disposal of health care waste poses a threat to environment and the society. Bio Medical Waste Management is the need of the hour. Segregation, mutilation, disinfection, storage, transportation and final disposal are some of the main functions of Bio Medical Waste Management. It is only recently that initiatives to manage this waste in a scientific manner are being taken in India. The Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) under Section 6, 8 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 has made the Biomedical Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998, providing for uniform guidelines and code of practice for managing Bio Medical Waste for the whole of the nation. In the city of Surat Bio Medical Waste is being managed under Public Private Partnership mode. This Paper will examine the efforts being made by Surat Municipal Corporation in collaboration with Envision Enviro Engineers Pvt Ltd. in managing Bio Medical Waste.
Bio-medical waste Surat municipal corporation Public private partnership Bio medical waste management
ZHANG Yun-shen TANG Zhi-wei
School of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, P.R. China, 611731
国际会议
2012 International Conference on Public Administration(8th)(2012年公共管理国际会议 ICPA)
印度海德拉巴
英文
651-656
2012-10-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）