Health care activities are targeted to save lives; at the
same time, itgeneratespotentially infectious or
biohazardous waste. Biomedical waste (BMW) is a
special type of waste generated during any medical
procedures, may be directly from patient care or
biomedical laboratory works. Of the total amount of
waste generated by health-care activities, about
15-20%is considered hazardous material that may be
infectious, toxic or radioactive.1But this small amount
of hazardous waste may complicate the whole scenario
if not segregated at source.