‘Bulk of hospital plastic waste are non-essential’

Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) recommended the use of reusable items in health institutions to minimise plastic waste after a waste audit of five government-run hospitals showed that non-essential waste accounted for more than half of plastic waste generated.

In a press briefing hosted by HCWH and the Department of Health (DOH), the international organisation presented its key findings in the waste audit of five hospitals during the pandemic.