Working Group
Healthcare Waste
The Working Group on Healthcare Waste (WGHCW) works on promoting the integrated provision of the infrastructure for the safe management of health care waste world-wide, within the framework of the objectives, activities and means of implementation established by Agenda 21 of the United Nations Conference of the Environment and Development. The WGHCW works in cooperation with the World Health Organization as a Non-State Actor.
Recent publications
Why Healthcare Waste?
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Exchange of information and experiences.
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Potential collaboration on projects. (i.e. research, papers, reports).
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Networking.
Latest news
Harmonisation of Waste at Ecomondo 2022
ISWA was present at the 25th Edition of Ecomondo: The Green Technology Expo from the 7th until the 11th of November...
Sustainable and Alternate Fuels for Waste Collection
ISWA’s Collection and Transport Technologies working group commissioned this report under ISWA’s mission to promote...
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Ed Krisiunas
Chair
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Mr. Krisiunas has 37+ years of experience in the health care and waste management industry and has been a member of the ISWA Working Group on Healthcare Waste since the very beginning.
Apart from ISWA, he is involved in projects and presentations at the national and international in 60 countries specifically related to health care waste management, evaluation of medical waste treatment technologies, microbiological efficacy testing of health care waste treatment technologies, development of guidance documents on the selection of treatment technologies, management of pharmaceutical/chemotherapeutic waste, hazardous waste, management of electronic waste, and the development and implementation of national medical waste plans for a number of countries.
To Be Announced
Vice Chair
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