| Table 1: Type and amount of waste produced in studied dental practices in 2012. Figures in the parenthesis are percentage from the total waste, 15150.1 kg | ||
| Waste description | Weight (kg) and percentage of waste produced | |
| Public dental practices | Private dental practices | |
| Infectious solid waste | 5818.5 (38.4) | 1314.2 (8.7) |
| Domestic solid waste | 5112.3 (33.7) | 1600.2 (10.6) |
| Chemical solid waste | 993.0 (6.6) | 211.4 (1.4) |
| Toxic waste | 91.3 (0.6) | 9.2 (0.1) |
| Total solid waste | 12 015. 1 (79.3) | 3135.0 (20.7) |
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