Dear Md. Tariq, "Hospital ...

Dear Md. Tariq,

"Hospital waste" generated during the patient care. Hospital waste is a potential health hazard to the health care workers, public and flora and fauna of the area. Hospital acquired infection, transfusion transmitted diseases, rising incidence of Hepatitis B, and HIV, increasing land and water pollution lead to increasing possibility of catching many diseases. Air pollution due to emission of hazardous gases by incinerator such as Furan, Dioxin, Hydrochloric acid etc. have compelled the authorities to think seriously about hospital waste and the diseases transmitted through improper disposal of hospital waste. 

The municipal waste indicator shows trends in the amounts of such waste generated and the amounts recovered and disposed of through:

1. recycling & composting.

2. incineration (including energy recovery)

3. landfill