True about composition of hospital waste
- the average composition of hospital wastes in India is; - 15% - 10% metals- 1% infectious wastes-1.5% -4% wastes-53.5% Reference : Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:790, table 2. <\p>
Metal 1%
Paper 10%
Glass 5%
Infectious waste 3%
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