Recently, one of Swapeco’s blog series posts was on the growing biomedical waste management crisis amid the COVID-19 health situation and we are back with updated information released on the 6th of August. According to the Inquirer and The Strait Times, India is currently generating more than 710 tonnes of biomedical waste on a daily …
India has the second-largest population in the world, with more than 1.3 billion people, yet it is home to one of the worst waste management structures in the world. With rising economic inequality, India’s irresponsible waste management systems have left the relatively poor to suffer from polluted rivers to severe air pollution. In addition, a …
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Waste management and recycling in India falls under one of the primary categories of environmental concern. The waste management and recycling market in India is expected to reach 15 billion USD by 2025 with an annual growth rate of 7%. With the Indian economy growing at an unprecedented rate with a soaring urban population and …
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A health worker moves bio-waste containers at a clinic in Wuhan.
What Is Waste Segregation? Waste segregation is a distinction between wet waste and dry waste for proper disposal. Recently, we see different colour dustbins being placed up for people to throw their garbage in different parts of the cities. Well, knowing what kind of trash belongs to what bin and waste segregation at the source …
In this age of technology where man craves more gadgets in his hand, there is more than double that amount of waste that is being generated and hence recycling becomes more important. In this maze, the developed nations are playing a major role with the USA generating more waste than the entire world about 262m …
Antarctica recently recorded a record 18.3°C early last month making it the hottest day in the history of the continent. Delhi on the other hand had its coldest winter in a hundred years with a temperature of 2°C. Many such alarming phenomena have been noticed in the past few years due to Climate change. And …
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