MANU/PIBU/0351/2016

Department/Board : PIB

Date : 27.03.2016

'New Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules will Change The way Country Used to Manage Waste Earlier; Make a Big Difference to Clean India Mission': Javadekar, New Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules Notified

"The new bio-medical waste management rules will change the way country used to manage this waste earlier. Under the new regime, the coverage has increased and also provides for pre-treatment of lab waste, blood samples, etc. It mandates bar code system for proper control. It has simplified categorisation and authorisation. Thus, it will make a big difference to clean India Mission", Union Minister of State (IC) Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, said here today, while releasing the new Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016.

Shri Prakash Javadekar releasing the new Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules

The major salient features of BMW Management Rules, 2016 include the following:-

(a) The ambit of the rules has been expanded to include vaccination camps, blood donation camps, surgical camps or any other healthcare activity;

(b) Phase-out the use of chlorinated plastic bags, gloves and blood bags within two years;

(c) Pre-treatment of the laboratory waste, microbiological waste, blood samples and blood bags through disinfection orsterilisation on-site in the manner as prescribed by WHOor NACO;

(d) Provide training to all its health care workers and immunise all health workers regularly;

(e) Establish a Bar-Code System for bags or containers containing bio-medical waste for disposal;

(f) Report major accidents;

(g) Existing incinerators to achieve the standards for retention time in secondary chamber and Dioxin and Furans within two years;

(h) Bio-medical waste has been classified in to 4 categories instead 10 to improve the segregation of waste at source;

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