For more than three decades, the disposal of medical waste has been a major controversial issue in the environmental field. The biggest controversy is that the definition of medical waste has been mixed, leading to uncertainty about the most appropriate disposal method based on the composition of the debris. The most common but vague definition proposed by the Medical Waste Management Monitoring Plan is “all waste, whether hazardous or not, generated by health establishments during medical, preventive, curative and/or diagnostic activities. » (SV Manyele* and TJ Lyasenga). Due to the indistinct definition of medical waste, separation for treatment technologies has become a complication, leading to an increase in the percentage of incinerated debris. This method does indeed have beneficial advantages, but studies have shown that emissions from incinerators pose perilous threats not only to the environment but also to the public.Summary In order to eliminate medical waste, several disposal methods have been built. The main procedures are steam sterilization which consists of the complete removal of micro-organisms from the debris so that they are allowed to be thrown into landfills (Christina Louise Martini) and incineration which as mentioned by (Wendy Stynes), involves burning infectious materials. waste that reduces the volume and converts it to non-combustible ash that can be disposed of into the ground. Although sterilization is used occasionally in the medical waste disposal process, in her article "Medical Waste Regulatory in the United States: A Dire Need for Recognition and Reform" (Christina Louise Martini) agrees that incineration is however the most popular choice because more than 80% of...... middle of paper ......draws the public's attention to the infectious risks linked to this method of treatment. The more research into incinerator emissions, the more effectively the message can be conveyed. Knowing the dangers of incineration, a more effective treatment method can be proposed. Further research would ask the question: “can there be an alternative method that does not involve such negative impacts?” Or can incineration be perfected to become a more suitable resource? It would be more beneficial to improve incineration until it no longer poses a danger, but if this were unlikely, finding a new treatment method would be the only option. Until then, the cycle of incineration will continue, leaving the public and the environment as inevitable losers and this method of waste disposal as an undeniable winner..