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Over 1.7L kg Covid-19 waste in Gurgaon last month, highest since pandemic began

Source: Times of India, Date: , 0000

Gurgaon generated over 1.7 lakh kg of Covid-related biomedical waste in April alone, which is the highest it has produced since the beginning of the pandemic. According to Biotic, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon’s (MCG) concessionaire for biomedical waste management in the city, Gurgaon was generating two to three tonnes of Covid waste every day last year, which has now increased to 10 tonnes every day. From May 1 to May 13, Gurgaon has already generated 1.3 lakh kg of Covid waste.


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