Colour-coded segregation, weighed-bag logs, signed CBWTF handover manifests, auto-compiled SPCB annual return. The BMW Rules 2016 record, without the paper register.
The Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 (as amended) require every healthcare facility to segregate waste by colour code, record quantities, and hand waste to an authorised Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) with a manifest. In Karnataka this is also a KPME inspection item and sits under State Pollution Control Board oversight. A missing manifest or a segregation lapse is a finding.
Manual registers break at exactly the wrong moment — the annual return, the surprise inspection, the accreditation assessment. A digital manifest closes the gap: every bag weighed, colour-tagged, and logged to the CBWTF handover with a timestamp and a signature.
| BMW 2016 requirement | What it means | OneCity BMW Tracker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colour-coded segregation | Yellow / red / white / blue category discipline | Category-tagged bag entry at source | ✓ |
| Quantity record | Weight per category per day | Weighed-bag log with daily rollup | ✓ |
| CBWTF handover manifest | Signed transfer to treatment facility | Digital manifest + handover signature | ✓ |
| Annual return to SPCB | Form for the pollution control board | Auto-compiled annual return data | ✓ |
| Barcode / traceability | Bag traceable to ward & time | Barcode tagging, ward + timestamp trail | ✓ |
Every healthcare facility must segregate bio-medical waste by prescribed colour codes, record quantities, and hand waste to an authorised Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) with a manifest. Facilities also file an annual return to the State Pollution Control Board.
A digital manifest that captures colour-coded category, weight, CBWTF handover and signature meets the record-keeping intent of the BMW Rules 2016 and produces cleaner evidence than a paper register at inspection. OneCity's BMW Tracker keeps this trail with timestamps and barcodes.
Yes. A bio-medical waste disposal arrangement and record is part of the KPME registration and inspection document set in Karnataka, alongside fire NOC and ownership proof.
OneCity compiles the category-wise quantity data the annual return needs from the daily weighed-bag log, so the return is a review-and-submit step rather than a manual reconstruction.
See a bag go from ward to CBWTF handover on a live demo — colour code, weight, signature, done.
