Towards A Cleaner, Safer, and More Sustainable Healthcare Waste Management
The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project aims to improve healthcare waste systems in the country by promoting waste minimization, strengthening management practices, reducing emissions of unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants, and ensuring the safe and proper disposal of mercury from healthcare facilities.
Our Development Strategy
Policy Development & Assessment
Conduct of comprehensive research and policy gap analysis to develop evidence-based frameworks for effective healthcare waste management.
Technology Transfer & Investment
Modernizing healthcare waste management through green financing facilitation, technical expertise provision, and environmentally-sound technology transfers and upgrades.
Advocacy & Movement Building
Building multi-stakeholder partnerships and conducting awareness-raising activities to foster cooperation between government and private agencies in project implementation.
Education & Training
Knowledge Management and the development of training and education materials based on the needs of stakeholders and current best available practices.
Community Development
Targeted capacity-building initiatives for key stakeholders, including healthcare workers, small manufacturers and women’s groups involved in the production of reusable PPEs, and TSD facilities. Community development efforts focusing on community organizing and the establishment of formal partnerships.
Project Partner Hospitals
The project implements its interventions in six hospitals across six regions in the country, namely:
- Cagayan Valley Medical Center | Region 2
- Quirino Memorial Medical Center | NCR
- Eastern Visayas Medical Center | Region 8
- Northern Mindanao Medical Center | Region 10
- Southern Philippines Medical Center | Region 11
- CARAGA Regional Hospital | Region 13
Healthcare Waste Project Supports Launch of Single-Use Plastic Ban at Quirino Memorial Medical Center
This #PlasticFreeJuly, Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC) officially launched its Single-Use Plastic-Free Hospital campaign, reaffirming its commitment to sustainable waste management. The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management (HCWM) Project
Healthcare Waste Project Brings Awareness-Raising and Capacity-Building Activities To Cagayan de Oro City, Celebrates #PlasticFreeJuly
As part of its continuing awareness-raising and capacity-building efforts in Mindanao, following successful engagements at CARAGA Regional Hospital (CRH) in Surigao City and Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao
Healthcare Waste Project Activities Held in Davao City
For the second leg of its awareness-raising and capacity-building initiatives in Mindanao, the Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCWM Project) team conducted a series of activities in Davao
Healthcare Waste Project Launches Capacity-Building and Awareness Activities in Mindanao
The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCWM Project) launched its series of capacity-building and awareness-raising initiatives in Mindanao this week, beginning with CARAGA Regional Hospital (CRH) in Surigao
Meet Nurse Susie!
Your Friendly Guide to Toxics-Free, Sustainable Healthcare
As part of the Project’s Toxics-Free Hospitals Campaign, Nurse Susie inspires healthcare workers and institutions to say no to single-use plastics, embrace reusable alternatives, and raise awareness about toxic chemicals found in healthcare waste.
- Change Old Habits
- Cut Plastics
- Commit to Reuse
- Champion Sustainability
