COIMBATORE: Inter-state disputes over dumping of biomedical waste could be mitigated in the event that they can be utilized productively in agriculture.
This is what the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) are attempting to do.
CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) has give you a first-of-its variety answer to convert biomedical waste into soil components, mentioned C Anandharamakrishnan, Director of CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, in Salem on Thursday.
Anandharamakrishnan, who delivered the convocation handle on the twenty fourth convocation of Periyar University held on its campus, mentioned “All biomedical waste can be converted into a soil additive. Not only that, we have developed the technology and installed the equipment at AIIMS, New Delhi, where it has been demonstrated to work very well. Once approval is received from the Central Pollution Control Board, it can be implemented not only in India but across the globe,” he mentioned whereas additionally recalling reviews about two states combating over dumping of biomedical waste.