September 16, 2008 Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia supports move to amend Baguio 10-year Eco Waste Plan
Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)-Southeast Asia supports the Baguio City Council resolution requesting the City Ecological Solid Waste Management Board to prepare an amended three-year action plan and budget for waste management in the wake of the closure of the Irisan dumpsite and to include health care waste disposal in the said plan.
Hospital wastes form a percentage in the total solid waste collection in the City. However, the Metro Clark Waste Management Facility in Tarlac does not accept chemically-treated hospital wastes from Baguio hospitals for lack of a waste water treatment facility for chemical and hazardous waste. This alone is enough reason for the City Government to include a plan and budget for the proper treatment and disposal of health care wastes coming from hospitals, private and public health clinics and centers.
Alternative technologies to treat medical wastes are ecologically-feasible and cheaper for the community. Thus, we are further urging the City Government to provide a centralized treatment facility to treat health care waste coming from all Baguio hospitals. This will ensure safe treatment and disposal of all hospitals? infectious waste.
Merci Ferrer
Executive Director
Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia
merci@hcwh.org
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