Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facilities/Service Provider

The Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 was published by the Government of

India under Environmental Protection Act, 1986. The said Rules apply to all persons who

generate, collect, receive, store, transport, treat, dispose, or handle bio medical waste in any form

including hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, dispensaries, veterinary institutions, animal houses,

pathological laboratories, blood banks, ayush hospitals, clinical establishments, research or

educational institutions, health camps, medical or surgical camps, vaccination camps, blood

donation camps, first aid rooms of schools, forensic laboratories and research labs.. As per the

Rules authorization of SPCB is required for handling of bio-medical waste (BMW). It is the duty

of the occupier of an institution generating biomedical waste to take all steps to ensure that the

biomedical waste is handled without any adverse effect to human health and environment.

All the hospitals have made agreement with the Common Biomedical Waste Treatment

Facilities (CBMWTF) for the disposal of the biomedical waste. The CBMWTF consists of

autoclave, shredder, incinerator and secured land fill facilities. At present 11 CBMWTF and one

Service Provider for treatment of soiled biomedical waste are in operation in Tamil Nadu. The

list of CBMWTF/Service Provider located in Tamil Nadu are given here: