Application of short and rapid strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for biomedical waste management in Bangladesh

In this study a rapid and short Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) conducted to find the existing policy and legal gaps of biomedical waste management regulations during the COVID-19.15 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) were taken from the regulatory bodies, public and private medical college hospitals, corporations, civil societies, and the third-party organization involved in medical waste management. A DPSIR framework and SWOT analysis shows that the existing biomedical waste management suffers from institutional conflicts, lack of monitoring, and environmental regulations. The revised rules must be implementable with “3-R policy”, and “polluter pays principle,” and environmental impact assessment guided by SEA.