Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Environmental Issues

Question:
The use of which technique is crucial to dispose the hospital waste?
Options:
Incinerators
Recycling
Land filling
Reducing their use
Correct Answer:
Incinerators
Explanation:
Hospitals generate hazardous wastes that contain disinfectants and other harmful chemicals and also pathogenic microorganisms. Such wastes also require careful treatment and disposal. The use of incinerators is crucial to dispose the hospital wastes. An incinerator is a furnace for burning waste. Modern incinerators include pollution mitigation equipment such as flue gas cleaning.