South Africa: Reducing rural hospital emissions & incineration through on-site waste treatment

George Regional Hospital, a rural facility in Western Cape, South Africa, shares how shifting to on-site treatment of medical waste enabled them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also reducing medical waste incineration, a major environmental justice and health issue in the region.
This case study was submitted as part of Health Care Without Harm’s Health Care Climate Learning Initiative. The initiative included a series of information-sharing events where representatives from health care organizations around the world met to discuss proven practices, share challenges, and collaborate on decarbonization goals and strategies, while strengthening the network necessary to continue learning from each other. healthcareclimateaction.org/l...
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