{"id":44416,"date":"2021-06-09T05:27:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T05:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=44416"},"modified":"2021-06-09T05:27:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T05:27:23","slug":"state-of-indias-environment-2021-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/state-of-indias-environment-2021-report\/","title":{"rendered":"State of India&#8217;s Environment 2021, report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The \u201cState of India&#8217;s Environment 2021,\u201d report released by the Centre for Science and Environment, said 2,03,000 kg of COVID-19 biomedical waste was produced daily in May this year and it was roughly 33% of India&#8217;s non-COVID biomedical waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As per Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, Bio-medical waste is required to be segregated in 4 colour coded waste categories, and the same is treated and disposed as per the methods prescribed under Schedule I of the Rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common methods of treatment and disposal of bio-medical waste are by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Incineration\/plasma pyrolysis\/deep-burial for Yellow Category waste;<\/li><li>Autoclaving\/microwaving\/chemical disinfection for Red Category waste;<\/li><li>Sterilization and shredding, disinfection followed by burial in concrete pit\/recycling through foundry\/encapsulation for White Category sharps waste; and<\/li><li>Washing, disinfection followed by recycling for Blue Category glass waste.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cState of India&#8217;s Environment 2021,\u201d report released by the Centre for Science and Environment, said 2,03,000 kg of COVID-19 biomedical waste was produced daily in May this year and it was roughly 33% of India&#8217;s non-COVID biomedical waste. 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