• A.Thamizharasan
• S. Gajalakshmi

In a densely populated and developing country like India, the tremendous population growth of over 1.2 billion has aided in the advancement of medical techniques and facilities. But, this has brought a dangerous situation where concern of disposing all the biomedical waste is very important. Biomedical waste includes all types of wastes that are generated from health facilities such as cotton, plaster, disposable syringes, used syrup bottles etc. The biomedical wastes are sometimes mixed with municipal solid waste and disposed. This leads to fatal consequences to environment as well as human. The (MoEF) Ministry of Environment Forests in 2011 showed that close to 13, 000 medical facilities in our country are in violation of the Biomedical Medical Waste Generation and Disposal Rules of 1998. This issue is of grave concern and has gained national wide attention. This critical issue is to be cleared soon and considered as the need of the hour. Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2016 directs the prescribed authorities to execute the rules more efficiently in the way of minimizing the generation of waste with efficient and environmental friendly disposal methods. The present survey was conducted to identify and calculate the sources of the biomedical wastes from the hospitals, labs, clinics. The study shows that the BMW generated per day is high in The Union Territory of Pondicherry. This survey aids in the inventory on status of the society with respect to biomedical waste management and its implication towards protection of the environment and human life.

Biomedical waste generation, Survey, Treatment, management

"SURVEY AND STATE OF THE ART ON BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN PUDUCHERRY HOSPITALS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.5-11, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810781.pdf

"SURVEY AND STATE OF THE ART ON BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN PUDUCHERRY HOSPITALS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp5-11, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810781.pdf