The study was conducted among nurses. The main objectives of this study were to create awareness regarding impact of hospital waste on the environment. Medical wastes, if not properly managed, pose a risk to the personnel who are handling these wastes, including custodial personnel and waste collectors, as well as to those providing disposal or picking through the wastes for recyclables. A questionnaire was including definition, category, colour coding, storage and transport, disposal, management of hospital waste and effects of hospital waste on environment were given to the nurses. Through this study awareness was created among the nurses to prevent the environment pollution through hospital waste. Sample size chosen for this research study is 98