Environmentally Sound Management of Medical Wastes in India

To reduce and ultimately eliminate the releases of unintentionally produced POPs (UP-POPs) and other globally harmful pollutants into the environment and assist India in implementing its relevant obligations under the Stockholm Convention. The proposed project will promote the country-wide adoption of BAT/BEP in the healthcare institutions of widely differing in their complexity and size as well as in the evolving medical waste management infrastructure and industry in a manner that protects human health and reduces adverse environmental impacts.