Practical Methods Of Medical Waste Management

By Karen White


One of the major factors to consider before establishing any type of industry is ways of managing waste. Modern technology has come up with several ways of managing by products from the industries. A firm can choose the best method that can suit the misuse of products which are discharged from there industry. Below are the nest techniques of medical waste management.

Minimizing waste generation- Formation of new use of products can be a major cause of flitter generation. When rapid growing population makes use of new products will generally increase the amount of throw away products. This can be unbearable to the society and the environment. For instance, companies that manufacture plastic products should be reduced so as to control the number of plastic bags available in our environment. Management must consider production of biodegradable products to substitute non-biodegradable.

Recycling- Used material which have the ability to be used again such as paper, aluminum and plastics can be processed in industry in order to generate similar and new ones. This method of reusing items is environmentally friendly and it serves to reduce the number of used items which would have been added to the nature.

Incineration- This is a method where misuse products are transformed into base components. There is use of heat which is generated from trapping the deriving energy. Inner ashes as well as assorted gases are the only known by product from this process. It is important to make use of filters which can used to check the level of pollution. Hazards and toxics by products can be managed by this method.

Composting - Organic refuse is left to decompose by being brock down by microbes by allowing it to stay accumulated for a longer time in a pit. The nutrients-rich product of this decomposition can be used to increase the fertility of land by being used as manure for plants. This process is however slow and consumes large portions portion of land.

Use of landfill- This is a land which is prepared with a lining that protect the soil from pollution. The refuse is dump into the pit which has several waste layers. The lining formed in the landfill act as a barrier between the ground water and refuse. After the dumping the lining is covered with the soil which is non-porous and it is left there. This method applicable to areas where there is no much underground water.

Dumping into the Sea- This is a way of controlling by products generated from radio activity. Radioactive fritters are dump into the ocean since it is safer. Waste from this process is very harmful to human inhabitant and their life. However, the marine act has condemned this method since the discharge from the industries kills the ocean creatures.

Every industry can select one or two of these techniques depending on what they manufacture. For instance, plastic bags company can choose the recycling method of managing their refuse. Management should come up with a way of treating chemical which are discharge to the sea so that it can be harmless to the sea creatures.




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