Patient care in hospitals and other healthcare facilities necessarily generate wastes which are hazardous and infectious. If not manged properly it poses grave hazard to human health, and the environment. Legislative measures in India were enunciated in 1998 and rules were promulgated.Segregation of waste at source is the most important step in the management of hospital waste. All the countries where hospital waste management is in vogue have categorized the hospital waste, and segregation is required to be in accordance with the categories. But categories also create confusion and add to...