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Dr Momodu Sesay
Introduction
• Waste is solid substances generated as a result of human activities,
and no longer of value for the respective economic, physiological or
technological process.
Radioactive Waste
Recyclable Waste
Infectious waste Waste suspected to contain pathogens e.g. laboratory cultures; waste
from isolation wards; tissues (swabs), materials, or equipment that
have been in contact with infected patients
Pathological waste Human tissues or fluids e.g. body parts; blood and other body fluids;
fetuses,placenta
Sharps Sharp waste e.g. needles; infusion sets; scalpels; knives; blades;
broken glass
WHO, 2014
Waste Bins