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Indian Science Congress pushes for bio-waste legislation

05/01/2011

India may introduce legislation to allow extraction of nutritional ingredients from slaughterhouse waste, which will then be sold in the market as protein supplements, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

The national pollution control body, under the environment ministry, is also working on stringent rules to regulate bio-medical waste in the country.

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