What is biomedical waste? State how it should be handled.

Biomedical waste is the waste generated in hospitals, clinics and laboratories, including used syringes, dressings, human tissue, cultures and expired medicines. It must be segregated at source into colour-coded containers, disinfected, and disposed of by incineration or deep burial by authorised handlers; sharps must be destroyed so that they cannot be reused.

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Explanation

Mixing it with municipal waste spreads infection and is prohibited.