More than 50 personnel are dealing with the medical waste on the front line with disposal capacity at nearly 15 tons a day at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
WUHAN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Wuhan City is overloaded with medical waste, which is in urgent need of disposal. Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., an industrial waste treatment plant in Wuhan, is shouldering the dangerous task of medical waste disposal.
To better fulfill the task, the company suspended its normal business, transformed its disposal facilities and techniques, and trained workers to make them qualify the special requirements of disposing dangerous medical waste.
Currently, there are more than 50 personnel working on the front line of dealing with medical waste, with disposal capacity at nearly 15 tons a day. Up till now, the company has disposed 356.72 tons of medical waste collected from designated hospitals and related medical institutions.
A worker disinfects medical waste containers at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
A worker disinfects medical waste containers at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Workers handle the burnt scraps of medical waste at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Li He)
A worker prepares to put medical waste into a bucket elevator at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Li He)
Workers transfer medical waste containers at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
A worker transfers medical waste at the west campus of Wuhan Union Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Photo taken on March 4, 2020 shows the burnt scraps of medical waste at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
A worker unloads medical waste from a truck at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Li He)
Workers transfer medical waste at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
A worker handles the burnt scraps of medical waste at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Workers transfer medical waste at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Workers unload medical waste from a truck at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Workers transfer medical waste at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
A worker disinfects medical waste containers at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Workers disinfect medical waste containers at Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Li He)
Aerial photo taken on March 4, 2020 shows the Wuhan Beihu Yunfeng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)■
