India Coronavirus Dispatch: Tonnes of waste generated battling the pandemic

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A pandemic of biomedical waste: The pandemic has left India grappling with tonnes of waste. The problem is complicated by the fact that the waste also constitutes a transmission hazard if not segregated and disposed of properly. The pandemic has seen a huge surge in the usage of PPE, and its components such as face masks and gloves. The CPCB doesn't consider masks from households without a Covid-19 patient as biomedical waste. Unsegregated waste are a particularly major concern from quarantine centres. If proper guidelines for their disposal are not followed, it's the sanitation workers who are first at risk