Circular economy in medical plastic waste management

20/12/2023 at 10:44 am

CHERAD ORGANIZED MEDICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR NEARLY 800 EMPLOYEES AT VIETNAM – SWEDEN UONG BI HOSPITAL, QUANG NINH PROVINCE

Vietnam has more than 13,500 medical facilities, each year treating more than 150 million people and more than 300 million outpatient examinations, generating a large amount of waste, of which 5% is plastic waste, equivalent to about 22 tons/day. If not managed properly, this amount of waste will be at risk of leaking into the […]

20/12/2023 at 10:19 am

CHERAD WELCOME SENIOR LEADERS OF WINROCK INTERNATIONAL

On December 8, 2023, Mr. Bikash Pandey, Acting Director of Pollution Reduction Project, Director of Clean Energy Program, Winrock International, and the team of Winrock’s Collective Impact Program visited and worked at the Center for Health Environment Research and Development (CHERAD) office during a series of visits to core organizations of the Pollution Reduction Project […]

20/12/2023 at 9:51 am

Consuls General of the United States, Australia, and Japan heard an introduction to the “Developing a Circular Economy Model in Medical Plastic Waste Management” Initiative ​

October 25th, 2023, the Center for Heallth Environment Research and Development (CHERAD) had the opportunity to introduce the “Developing a Circular Economy Model in Medical Plastic Waste Management” Initiative ​under the Reducing Pollution Project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with a high-level delegation of the Consulate General of the United […]

20/12/2023 at 9:03 am

For a toxic-free world: Vietnam wins the prestigious Future Policy Award in the category ”Toys”

Hamburg/Bonn, 29 September 2023: the Vietnamese Regulation on Safety of Toys (QCVN 3:2019/BKHCN) was honoured with the Future Policy Award 2023 in the category “Toys” during a high-level award ceremony in context of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in Bonn, Germany. Also known as the Oscar on best policies, the award recognises laws […]

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21/07/2023 at 11:43 am

CHERAD held a technical consultation meeting with stakeholders on the status and policies of medical plastic waste management in Vietnam

According to a survey by the Center for Health Environment Research and Development (CHERAD), the total amount of medical plastic waste generated at 08 hospitals is 61 tons per month, one third of which is infectious waste and only 16% of the total amount of plastic waste is classified for treatment. This highlights the importance […]

03/02/2023 at 10:58 am

CHERAD exhibited initiative at the Launching Ceremony of the Pollution Reduction Project

Within the framework of the Launching Ceremony of the Environmental Pollution Reduction Project, the Initiative “circular economy in medical plastic waste management” of the Center for Research and Development of Health Environment CHERAD was exhibited and introduced to all guests. At the Launching Ceremony of the Pollution Reduction Project held on the morning of November […]

13/12/2022 at 5:25 pm

CHERAD exhibited initiative at the Launching Ceremony of the Reducing Pollution Project

Within the framework of the Launching Ceremony of the Reducing Pollution Project, the “Circular Economy in medical plastic waste” initiative from the Center for Health Environment Research and Development (CHERAD) was exhibited and introduced to all the participants. At the Launching Ceremony of the Reducing Pollution Project held on the morning of November 15th, 2022, […]