SANITARY WASTE includes hygiene products like sanitary napkins and baby or adult diapers contaminated with blood, urine and faeces. It includes bandages and sharp objects like syringes and needles. This is collected on a daily basis and needs to be handed over in a red bin and/or wrapped in newspaper.
We have classified the following streams as sanitary waste:
• Diapers/Sanitary napkins
• Bandages
• Condoms
• Nails
• Used tissues
• Medicines
• Swept dust
• Razors/Blades
• Used syringes
• Injection vials
Processing technologies used to process sanitary waste: Incineration, Autoclaving