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more-inThe State’s lone biomedical waste treatment plant at Manthuruthy, near Malampuzha, here is facing strong public wrath. This comes at a time when the revised guidelines of Central Pollution Control Board prevent biomedical waste treatment plants from collecting hospital waste outside a 75-km radius. “Our demand is permanent closure of the plant which disposes of biomedical waste in a manner that releases carcinogenic gases. Closing down the unit without making alternative arrangements would lead to biomedical waste accumulating across the State, they said. As per revised rules, it can treat hospital waste only from Palakkad and Thrissur districts..