Hyderabad: One more bin to be added to existing bins meant for wet, dry waste

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in coordination with Telangana State Pollution Control Board is planning to install one more dust bin in addition to the wet and dry waste bins.

The additional bin is to be used exclusively for the biomedical waste such as face mask, hand gloves, water bottles, wet wipes and other medical waste. The Hans India reports that the dust bins are to be placed at Cyber Towers and Hi-Tec City, and plans are underway to expand the same to the other areas of Hyderabad.

“Considering the possible threat posed by biomedical waste being generated on the city roads and mostly at contaminated zones, all the urban bodies have been instructed to treat the medical garbage separately. Although we are segregating the Covid waste from containment clusters and from hospitals, we are moving ahead with trials to segregate the waste at the grassroots level. We are adding a bin exclusively for the medical waste. We are putting in place alternatives to manual sweeping by sanitation workers, such as vacuum cleaners,” N Ravi Kiran, Zonal Commissioner, Serilingampally informed the website.

As per the guidelines of Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) the collected biowaste will be buried at a depth of 10ft or disposed through incineration.

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