With access to only 198 Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBMWTFs) and 225 captive incinerators, can India’s healthcare facilities handle the rise in waste quantities anticipated from the covid-19 outbreak?

To put this in context, coronavirus epicentre Wuhan witnessed a six times increase in biomedical waste during the peak of its outbreak.

As of 2017, only about 78% of India’s total 200,000 tonnes of biomedical waste (BMW) was treated by CBWTFs. The remainder was treated and disposed of either by captive treatment facilities or deep burials.

Seven states lack CBMWT facilities. On the other hand, some non-hazardous wastes, like dry recyclable waste (which has immediate monetary value) must also be handled with utmost care

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