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    This document summarizes a proposed project to reduce unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants and mercury from healthcare waste in the Philippines, with a focus on wastes generated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to develop environmentally sound waste management procedures and implement treatment technologies. It will work with the health and environment departments over 5 years in 3 regions, establishing synergies to phase out mercury products and safely manage mercury waste. Upcoming activities include updating waste data, assessing technologies, and establishing a treatment storage and disposal facility for healthcare waste. The criteria for selecting pilot hospitals include government facilities designated for COVID-19 that are in high case areas and committed to partnering on the project.

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    This document summarizes a proposed project to reduce unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants and mercury from healthcare waste in the Philippines, with a focus on wastes generated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to develop environmentally sound waste management procedures and implement treatment technologies. It will work with the health and environment departments over 5 years in 3 regions, establishing synergies to phase out mercury products and safely manage mercury waste. Upcoming activities include updating waste data, assessing technologies, and establishing a treatment storage and disposal facility for healthcare waste. The criteria for selecting pilot hospitals include government facilities designated for COVID-19 that are in high case areas and committed to partnering on the project.

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    “Reduction of unintentionally-produced persistent

    organic pollutant (u-POPs) and mercury through an


    environmentally-sound approach on health care wastes
    management in the Philippines
    (special focus on the pandemic)”

    Presentation to EMB Capacity Building

    29 October 2021
    Project Information
    Title “Reduction of unintentionally-produced persistent organic
    pollutant (u-POPs) and mercury through an environmentally-
    sound approach on health care wastes management in the
    Philippines
    (special focus on the pandemic)”

    Agencies United Nations Industrial Development Organization


    (UNIDO), DENR-EMB
    Executing Agency / Lead Partners To be determined

    Other Partners DOH

    Funding Global Environment Facility (GEF 7)

    Total Budget GEF Project Grant: $4,880,000,00


    Co-Financing: $34,700,000.00
    Project Duration 5 years

    Thematic Area Chemicals and Wastes

    UNIDO Project Manager Dr. Carmela Centeno


    Project Objective
    Objective

    1 Protection of human health and the environment through the reduction of


    unintentionally-produced POPs and mercury in the healthcare waste sector
    promoting environmentally-sound approaches.
    Project Components and Outcomes
    Component Outcomes
    Component 1 Policies and environmentally sound procedures
    developed for the minimization of health care
    Reduction of unintentionally produced wastes, focusing on the wastes generated during
    POPs in the healthcare waste sector pandemic
    with special reference to the current
    pandemic. Environmentally sound technology for the
    treatment and recycling of wastes generated during
    pandemic implemented
    Component 2 Management of mercury, Improved synergies to support the phaseout of Hg
    mercury-added products (MAPs) and added Product (MAPs) and environmentally sound
    mercury wastes in the healthcare sector management of Hg and Hg wastes
    according to the Minamata Convention
    on Mercury and the Philippine National Demonstrated capacity to adopt BAT/BEP for the
    Action Plan for MAPs phase-out. storage and disposal of mercury from HCW

    Capacity building and awareness raising. Increased Awareness and knowledge on infectious
    and hazardous wastes management
    Proposed Target Sites
    • NCR
    • Region 8
    • Region 2
    1. Updating Baseline information
    • Information from hospitals,
    dental clinics, maternity clinics
    • Information from existing
    MRF/role in health care waste
    collection
    • Information on existing TSD
    facilities (in-situ treatment)
    Expected Activities • Information on the Minamata
    targets
    Q4 2021 • Current activities on Hg and
    Hg compounds phase out
    2. Consultative meetings
    3. Site visits
    4. Identification of stakeholders,
    project partners and co-financing
    commitment
    • Updating of baseline data
    • Technology Assessment
    • Establish a TSD facility for
    health care wastes
    Proposed Schedule of Activities to finalize the project document
    Activities October November December

    Meeting with EMB and


    DoH

    Meeting with TSD


    facilities

    Meeting with hospitals

    Data gathering from


    hospitals/EMB ROs
    Site visit

    Identification of co-
    financing commitment
    Criteria in Hospital Selection for the Pilot Facility

    • Government Hospital
    • COVID-19 Facility
    • Preferably DOH Hospital
    • Areas of high COVID positivity rates
    • Committed to be Project Partners (willingness/social
    acceptability)
    End of presentation

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