A growing environmental and public health concern is emerging across Himachal Pradesh’s towns, where the open burning of used sanitary pads has become a routine method of menstrual waste disposal. Yet ...

KOCHI: Finally, a solution is in sight for the alarming sanitary waste disposal issue that the city has been facing for a long time. Construction of a Rs 3.45-crore biomedical waste treatment plant, a ...

The improper disposal of sanitary napkins and diapers in apartment complexes has been a growing cause of concern. The non-biodegradable nature of sanitary waste makes its disposal difficult, as it ...

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