Aafrin Kidwai 
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has started collecting Covid infected bio-waste across the city. So far, over 2,588 kg of waste has been collected from all the quarantine centres in Bengaluru. The collected waste is transported to the outskirts of the city and incinerated as per government norms.
The International Business Times reports that BBMP has been collecting all types of waste from about 15 centres across Bengaluru. Around 950 people in the city are in-home quarantine due to COVID-19. The waste is collected from areas where the primary and secondary contacts of all Covid-19 positive patients were quarantined.
“All the waste collected from the quarantine centres is being incinerated. We are also collecting sanitary waste, gloves and masks from the containment zone and incinerating them,” added the BBMP Commissioner. “Separate vehicles and personal protective kits are provided to pourakarmikas who are collecting waste in the containment zones.”
Approved biomedical waste collectors by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) collects and transports the waste from the households. The waste collectors include Medicare Environmental Management Pvt Ltd, Maridi Bio Industries Pvt Ltd, Anu AutoClave, and Incin Services and Prajwal Bio Medical Management Systems.
