The Bio-Medical Waste Management Concerning Covid-19 Waste: A Case Study Of Bathinda, Punjab

Because of the higher population and proportion of people having below or poor socio-economic conditions, these countries are at major risk of current public health emergencies.ii Before the COVID-19 pandemic, biomedical waste sources were limited to hospitals, nursing homes, biomedical research centers, etc. iii But in the meantime, biomedical waste quantity and sources have increased significantly.Nowadays, on a global scale, every solid waste parcel generated per person contains certain proportions of biomedical waste, including used masks, air respirators, hand gloves, gowns, aprons, face shields, and other protective gear.An enormous amount of solid waste