This document discusses health care waste management. It aims to provide an overview of different categories of health care waste, inform about proper waste segregation and disposal, and raise awareness of environmental issues. The categories include general, infectious, pathological, sharps, pharmaceutical, genotoxic, heavy metal, pressurized, and radioactive waste. Guidelines are provided on segregation by color coding, collection, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of each waste type. Proper management can help control diseases and protect workers, communities and the environment.