What are regulations on recyclable ordinary solid waste management within healthcare facilities in Vietnam?
What are regulations on recyclable ordinary solid waste management within healthcare facilities in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 10 of the Circular 20/2021/TT-BYT (takes effect from 10/01/2022) stipulating recyclable ordinary solid waste management within healthcare facilities in Vietnam as follows:
<ref>- Healthcare facilities shall promulgate their recyclable ordinary solid waste list based on the list prescribed in Appendix 1 promulgated with this Circular. Healthcare facilities shall collect the mentioned waste according to their waste generation situation.
- Treated infectious waste that meet the national technical regulation on environment shall be managed as recyclable ordinary solid wastes. When dispatching waste, healthcare facilities shall ensure that the packaging is sealed and labeled with a recycling symbol prescribed in Appendix 2 promulgated with this Circular; fill in the record of handover of disinfected waste that meet the national technical regulation on environment for recycling prescribed in Appendix 4 promulgated with this Circular.
- Plastic wastes shall be segregated and collected for recycling and treatment in accordance with the law.
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- Healthcare facilities shall promulgate their recyclable ordinary solid waste list based on the list prescribed in Appendix 1 promulgated with this Circular. Healthcare facilities shall collect the mentioned waste according to their waste generation situation.
- Treated infectious waste that meet the national technical regulation on environment shall be managed as recyclable ordinary solid wastes. When dispatching waste, healthcare facilities shall ensure that the packaging is sealed and labeled with a recycling symbol prescribed in Appendix 2 promulgated with this Circular; fill in the record of handover of disinfected waste that meet the national technical regulation on environment for recycling prescribed in Appendix 4 promulgated with this Circular.
- Plastic wastes shall be segregated and collected for recycling and treatment in accordance with the law.
