India's growing Covid-19 waste challenges workers - BBC News

India's Covid-19 caseload is rising, and people have been urged to wear face masks even when they are outdoors.

But the directive has created another problem - there is no system of safely discarding Covid-19 waste. Rubbish collectors have complained that people are mixing used gloves and masks with other waste, and it's putting the waste collectors lives at risk.

Workers say that they need training and safety gear to properly handle hazardous waste.

Video by Arunoday Mukharji and Pritam Roy

[Theeagle_guy]

Rich people are in their homes
No one is for labours to take care

[neptune]

Absolutely disgusting.

This workers deserve a way better protection.

[Malfoy]

Its not just India I'm here in the UK & my work's procedures is that we throw everything in GENERAL waste.

[dkdevansh]

Covid or without covid waste management was always a big issue in India

[AK-otnb]

If india was less populated it could be a better country

[gonnabeok]

India with no waste would be like ocean without water.

[defender]

the way i see it, india will surpass the u.s. in covid 19 cases. due to lack of testing that why india covid 19 cases is low.

[monalijoshi]

. Municipal corporations across India are not rich enough to do sophisticated solid waste management. Meanwhile, Britain is dumping garbage in Turkey

[RAZONEbe_sep_aiii_]

Thanks for showing these our media don't cover these things often.

[RV]

India needs to get it's priorities right instead of trying to start wars with all it's neighbours.

[kayuzx]

Also Focus on Assam India, its flooded for more than 3 month, and people are dying due to cholera malaria dengue and other water borne devices...
many animals also died there as its mostly forest area.
Neither Indian media or Indian govt is helping here...

[limcharles]

dont insult india, supperpowar by 2020!

[roundhousetrainspotting]

I still don't want to pay a television licence.

[borisjohnson]

Just been on the UK government website, and it's says under the face mask exemptions section that if wearing a face mask will cause you severe distress then you don't have to wear one... So to anybody who doesn't want to or can't wear a mask, bookmark the UK government website on your phone and just tell/show the bus driver or shop keeper that wearing a mask will cause you severe distress. Its a legimate exemption. And many people like my self will have a chronic phobia of there mouths being covered for whatever reason.

[pomeraniangalore]

It’s all about people’s discipline not just in India but all over the world

[AH-bmts]

For the Americans here: India is the UK's Mexico. Make fun and fear of the brown people but make good use of their labor at the same time💁🏾‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[robinjohn.]

O my What nonsense provide them better protection these people are real heart of nation....🙏👍🇮🇳

[madmanjshum]

This is something that is hard to forget,

[GodotOfficial]

Maybe if they weren’t so overpopulated, there wouldn’t be such amounts of waste everywhere

[Raven_]

It'll end up in the ocean probably