Medical waste

Medical waste floods Ctg junkyards, recycling sites, risking public health
Health

Medical waste floods Ctg junkyards, recycling sites, risking public health

A DoE investigation unveils problems originating both at the source, involving medical facilities, and at the incineration sites

File photo/TBS
Health

83% hospitals lack waste treatment facility: TIB Study

3 tonnes of medical waste recovered from a junk shop in Chattogram
Bangladesh

3 tonnes of medical waste recovered from a junk shop in Chattogram

Medical waste management system costing Tk214cr on cards
Health

Medical waste management system costing Tk214cr on cards

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

CCC installs its first incineration plant for medical wastes

A worker removes used supplies from Covid-19 vaccines and protective equipment from a container in a waste treatment facility, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Chamusca, Santarem, Portugal, April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 vaccine rollout keeps waste workers busy, environmentalists worried

PRISM’s plastic medical waste. Photo: TBS.
Bangladesh

PRISM’s plastic medical waste goes to the black market