CPCB GUIDELINES ISSUED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE (BMWM) RULES, 2016

On the advice of the National Green Tribunal the Central Pollution control Board has issued following guidelines to the all State Governments and the UT as related to the (BMWM)  and the management Rules it is necessary to keep separate colour- coded bins/ bags / containers in the hospitals wards and maintain proper segregation of the waste , as a precaution double layer bags should be used for collection of waste from covid-19 isolation wards .It is mandatory to use a dedicated collection bin labelled as covid-19 to store waste .General trash should be disposed of as solid waste as per the SWM Rules ,2016.It is necessary to maintain separate recordes of waste generated from covid-19 isolation wards.Use dedicated trolleys and collection bins in isolation wards with a proper label .To collect used PPEs in red bag , and also to collect used masks ,head caps,shoe covers, disposable linen gown, non plastic and the semi plastic covers all in the yellow bags .It is necessary to furnish the annual reports of the generated biomedical covid-19 waste and submit the same to Centre government as per the advice of the NGT for which the CPCB has issued guidelines to the all states and the UTs .It is observed by the NGT that dumping covid-19 waste in the general bins or sewerage without the safeguard was hazardous and has recommended the new ideas besides compiling data from all sources to prevent accidental spills and aid strategic planning.