Hazardous healthcare waste has become an environmental concern for many developing countries
including the Kingdom of Bahrain. There have been several significant obstacles facing the Kingdom in
dealing with this issue including; limited documentation regarding generation, handling, management,
and disposal of waste. This in turn hinders efforts to plan better healthcare waste management. In this
paper, hazardous waste management status in the Kingdom has been investigated through an extensive
survey carried out on selected public and private healthcare premises. Hazardous waste management
practices including: waste generation, segregation, storage, collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal
were determined. The results of this study along with key findings are discussed and summarized.
In addition; several effective recommendations and improvements of hazardous waste management are
suggested.