NIIST develops new solution to turn medical waste into soil additives

NIIST claims to have developed a technology that can turn biomedical waste into soil additives by disinfecting and solidifying it.

By: Science Desk
Kochi | September 27, 2023 05:16 PM IST

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The device that NIIST claims can turn biomedical waste into soil additives. (NIIST)

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The Thiruvananthapuram-based National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) announced Tuesday that it developed a new solution to safely and sustainably manage pathogenic biomedical waste by turning it into soil additives.

NIIST is an interdisciplinary research laboratory that is part of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Its “dual disinfection-solidification system can disinfect both liquid and solid biomedical waste and convert the degradable waste into soil additives. This waste can include urine, saliva and blood, bacterial broths, cotton, tissues, and swabs.

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The institute filed three patents for this process that it claims can handle, disinfect and solidify biomedical waste with minimal human intervention. NIIST has developed a fully-automated machine that can do this and transferred the knowledge to build it to Bio Vastum Solutions, a Kerala-based startup.

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