Finding it difficult to dispose of the biomedical waste generated in your home? The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) offers you a solution. It has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for collecting biomedical waste from apartment complexes in the city and to treat it at the Indian Medical Association’s Goes Eco-friendly (IMAGE) plant. The documents in this regard were signed by CREDAI Clean City Movement (CCCM) president Dr Najeeb Zackeria and IMAGE chairman Dr C K Chandrasekharan at a function held here on Monday. The project is launched as part of CCCM, an NGO formed in 2007 by builders as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility focusing on health, hygiene, safety and environment. Addressing the gathering, Dr Chandrasekharan said that IMAGE plant located at Kanjikode in Palakkad district was functioning in full swing. “Biomedical waste, including those from hospitals across the state, are brought to Kanjikode for treatment,” he said. “Home-generated bio-medical waste was also a part of the waste collected from apartment complexes. Biomedical waste generated in households include sanitary napkins, catheters and other medical products used by non- hospitalised bed-ridden patients. Treatment of such waste has become a headache for those who live in high-rises,” CCCM executive director Jose Joseph Moonjeli. According to him, a minimum of 50 gram biomedical waste is generated in a house per day. “The quantity of waste is huge considering the fact there are 375 apartment complexes and 12,000 apartments in Corporation limits. This means the average quantity of waste per day is six tonnes,” he said. CCCM has installed 1258 bio bins and 2395 bio pots across Kerala till date covering 32000 families. Currently CCCM processes 52 tonnes of bio-degradable waste per day and 18,980 tonnes of bio-degradable rejections per year.