Bindeshwar Pathak, a 71-year-old Gandhian-inspired social reformer, founded Sulabh in an attempt to tackle the social stigma around the handling of human waste – referred to as "scavenging" in India.
Medical waste (MW) refers to hazardous waste (HW) materials generated by healthcare activities, including a broad range of materials, from used needles and syringes to soiled dressing, body parts, diagnostic samples, blood, chemicals, pharmaceuticals etc. [ 1- 6].
** In medicine, wasting, also known as wasting syndrome, refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to "waste" away.
"I would not use the term zero waste when referring to circular economy or sustainability," said Nick Voulvoulis, reader in environmental technology at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London.
Its title, "Waste Not," referred to a Communist government slogan exhorting the Chinese people to cope with their near-constant shortages and privations by practicing a vigilant form of salvage: nothing durable, however worn or dubious its utility, should be discarded.
Proper waste disposal referred to use of a pit latrine or flush toilet.
Upgrading these facilities to provide CEmOC will significantly shorten the time wasted when referring women with obstetric complications.
Age-related muscle wasting is referred to as "sarcopenia" coined by Irwin H. Rosenberg from the Greek words sarx (meaning flesh) and penia (meaning loss) [ 1, 2].
