Table 1.

Various categories of Bio-Medical wastes, its components and treatment.

Category	Waste components	Waste content	Method of treatment and disposal
Category 1	Human tissues, organs, body parts	Human Anatomical Waste	Incineration/deep burial
Category 2	All types of Animal tissues, organs, body parts carcasses, bleeding parts etc generated by different health sectors	Animal Waste	Incineration/deep burial
Category 3	Wastes from laboratory cultures, stocks or specimens of micro- organisms used in research	Microbiology & Biotechnology Waste	Local autoclaving/micro waving/incineration
Category 4	Needles, syringes, scalpels, blades, glass etc	Waste sharps	Disinfections chemical treatment
Category 5	Out-dated, contaminated and discarded medicines	Discarded Medicines and Cytotoxic drugs	Incineration/Destruction and disposal of drugs in landfills
Category 6	Blood contaminated cotton, dressings, soiled plaster casts, lines etc	Solid Waste	Incineration, autoclaving/micro waving
Category 7	tubing's, catheters, intravenous sets etc	Solid Waste	Disinfections chemical treatment
Category 8	Waste generated from laboratory and washing, cleaning, house-keeping and disinfecting activities	Liquid Waste	Disinfections by chemical treatment and discharge into drains
Category 9	Ash from incineration of any biomedical waste	Incineration Ash	Disinfections chemical treatment
Category 10	Chemicals used in production of biological	Chemical Waste	Chemical treatment and discharges into drains