“…The composition of wastes included syringes, anatomical waste, cultures, medicines, chemical wastes, rubber, gloves, tubing, swabs, gauze, pads, glasses, surgical instruments, bandage, drop-bags, cardboard, paper, wood and plastics etc. [7,8]. The biomedical wastes can potentially transmit diseases and pose an additional risk to the staff of the healthcare facilities, patients and the community as a whole, when the wastes are not managed properly using scientific and discriminate methods [8][9][10][11][12][13].…”