{"id":2633,"date":"2021-03-11T20:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2022-07-20T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T20:51:10","slug":"battling-the-pandemic-medical-wastes-through-filipino-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/battling-the-pandemic-medical-wastes-through-filipino-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Battling the pandemic medical wastes through Filipino technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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With the continued battle against COVID-19 in the Philippines, so is the continued rise in the volume of health care or medical wastes in the country. On the onset of the pandemic in 2020,\u00a0the Asian Development Bank<\/a>\u00a0had already projected few cities which will deal with excessive amount of medical wastes, including the country\u2019s capital, Manila, with a projection of 280 metric tons per day.<\/p>\n

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According to the\u00a0Health Care Waste Management Manual<\/a>\u00a0of the country\u2019s Department of Health (DOH), medical wastes are considered health hazards due to the presence of pathogens and other contagions that could enter the human body through abrasions or cuts, mucous membrane, inhalation, or ingestion. Furthermore, it is also considered as an environmental hazard as it can cause water, soil, and air pollution.<\/p>\n

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DOH, along with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the national government\u2019s Inter-Agency Tasked Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), have issued series of\u00a0reminders<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0guidelines<\/a>\u00a0to the public and requested local governments to\u00a0intensify its campaign<\/a>\u00a0on proper health care waste management this time of pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Like in any part of the world, South Cotabato, a province located in South Central Mindanao, also recorded a surge in its collected volume of medical wastes from its hospitals, clinics, isolation centers, and other health facilities as the local government and its health sector grapple to address the increasing number of COVID-19 positive cases in the province, respond to the waves of returning residents who were stranded in other localities due to the imposed community lockdown across the country, and prevent the spreading of the disease through strict isolation and quarantine protocols.<\/p>\n

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Since the pandemic, medical wastes in the province increased by around 20 to 30 percent with an average of 15 tons per month, it\u2019s Provincial Environment and Management Officer, Mr. Siegfred Flaviano, said. \u201cMost are face masks, personal protective equipment (PPEs), [hospital] gowns, and gloves,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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However, while the province was not ready for the corona virus disease, it was definitely prepared to respond to the surge on medical wastes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Improper disposal of medical wastes has been an existing concern in the Philippines even before the pandemic. In 2019, the country was stunned when\u00a0news<\/a>\u00a0broke of medical wastes, including used syringes, vinyl and test containers, among others, were floating in Mactan Channel and washed ashore in a barangay in Cebu. The incident raised the alarm and highlighted the importance of proper medical waste management in the country.<\/p>\n

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While not of a major concern in the province yet, South Cotabato took a more proactive approach and established a Health Care Waste Treatment Facility (HCWTC) in 2016, the first local government unit-led waste treatment facility in the country. It features a treatment system using a Filipino technology invented by a Davao-based company, RAD Green Solutions, composed of innovators who aim to address the existing health care waste problems of today through production of chemical waste treatment facility or hazardous waste treatment machine.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Health Care Waste Treatment Facility is compliant to R.A. 6969 or the\u00a0Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990<\/a>, wherein all health care waste facilities must treat their wastes accordingly\u2026 It is the facility that collects, treats, and disposes all the wastes coming from hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centers, and anything that contains toxic and hazardous wastes,\u201d Flaviano explained.<\/p>\n

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Currently, the facility treats medical wastes from 23 public and private hospitals, isolation centers, laboratories, diagnostic centers, other health facilities, and other clinics linked to hospital-linked clinics. It has been a great help for the medical society, especially this time of pandemic.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are ensured that healthcare wastes are properly managed\u2026 we are collecting the wastes from the isolation facilities and the wastes from the locally-stranded individuals, we are ensured that no wastes, since it is infectious – the COVID virus – we are ensured that our community is protected from healthcare waste because we are managing it,\u2019 Flaviano said.<\/p>\n

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HCWTC is located in the six-hectare Integrated Provincial Environment and Management Center in Barangay Tinongcop, Tantangan town, and is a part of the provincial government\u2019s 10-year Solid Waste Management Plan. South Cotabato spent a total of Php 12 million to establish the treatment facility, including the procurement of the six-hectare lot, vehicles for waste collection, pyroclave machines; and construction of the facility\u2019s main building and disposal area. After securing the necessary permits, licensing, personnel training, and facility equipment it became fully-operational.<\/p>\n

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He said, while the province has an existing Sanitary Landfill located in one of its town, Surallah, the provincial environment chief underscored the need to put up a separate landfill or facility specifically for toxic and hazardous wastes in compliance to RA 6969.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe sanitary landfill is specifically for domestic and household wastes,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Apart from managing medical wastes in the province, the HCWTC is also operating as an economic enterprise for the local government of South Cotabato. Health facilities which make use of the HCWTC spend Php 35.00 per kilo to treat their medical wastes. Prior to the pandemic, South Cotabato generates an average of Php 4 to 5 million per year from the facility. In 2020, the first year of the pandemic, income from the facility surged to Php 6 million.<\/p>\n

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To sustain the facility, local legislators passed Provincial Ordinance No. 6 series of 2016, to ensure that funds are annually allocated for its operations. Plans for expansion have also been considered by the local government.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are now trying to expand it, to include all other wastes, because under RA 6969, there are different types of toxic and hazardous wastses, for now, we are only catering for healthcare wastes. We are partnering with a private corporation, which is Agri Power Incorporated, and put up a waste to energy project that will include not only the healthcare wastes, but other wastes in the province. In that way, it can become sustainable because we will not be needing any more landfills or any areas for the dumping of the waste products. We are looking into a public private partnership for the waste to energy project,\u201d Flaviano explained.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Pyroclave System \u2013 the Filipino Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

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South Cotabato uses a Filipino-made technology to treat its medical wastes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe chose the Filipino technology, first, to help the Filipino industry. Second, it is very costly to procure machines outside of the Philippines, to include shipping. Third, this machine is also tested since it is being used in other countries particularly in the Middle East and Davao City,\u201d Flaviano said.<\/p>\n

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Dubbed as Pyroclave Optima, this system invented by RAD Green Solutions, makes use of pyrolysis, a non-burn technology to treat medical wastes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSouth cotabato is our first installment of the pyroclave optima system, a non-burn system; a machine that caters medical waste,\u201d said Neil Anthony S. Jamili, Research and Development Manager and Corporate Secretary of RAD Green Solutions.<\/p>\n

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Pyrolysis is defined as the \u201cthermal decomposition of substance and materials in the absence of supplied molecular oxygen in the destruction chamber in which the said material is converted into gaseous, liquid, or solid form,\u201d based on the DOH Health Care Waste Management Manual. The process can \u201chandle the full range of health care wastes\u201d and its residues are to be disposed in a secured facility such as a sanitary landfill.<\/p>\n

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Flaviano said, its pyrolysis feature is allowed under Philippine law since it follows a non-burn technology. The Philippines has a long-standing ban on incineration on wastes, including medical wastes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Under Article II, Section 20 of the\u00a0Philippine Clear Act of 1999<\/a>\u00a0or Republic Act No. 8749,\u00a0\u201cIncineration, hereby defined as the burning of municipal, biomedical and hazardous waste, which process emits poisonous and toxic fumes is hereby prohibited; Provided, however, That the prohibition shall not apply to traditional small-scale method of community\/neighborhood sanitation “siga”, traditional, agricultural, cultural, health, and food preparation and crematoria.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Apart from its pyrolysis feature, pyroclave is also capable of treating 150 grams of wastes per hour, or 1.2 tons of medical wastes in an eight-hour operation, and is energy efficient at 30-kilowatt per hour. It is also capable of heating the chamber at 600 \u00b0C in less than 30 minutes, which is hotter and faster than the mandated 121\u00b0C at 30 minutes of DOH.<\/p>\n

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A better illustration of how the technology works, its recognitions and patents can be accessed\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Apart from the optima, the company also offers other variants of the technology that can treat 200 grams of waste in four hours, and 200 kilograms per four to eight hours. An illustration of the technology can be accessed\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s tailor-made based on the requirement of the LGU, on the demand on the waste as well, and on patent, because of the fact that it is a patented system, minimal variations can be done based on the patent. So we cannot easily modify,\u201d Jamili said.<\/p>\n

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He said the company hopes to help address the Philippines\u2019 problem in health care waste management through their invention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI think the most concern that we want to cater is that, in the Philippines, there is a gray area for this. Most hospitals that follow the rule of healthcare medical waste are just a slice of the whole cake. We need to look into other hospitals that do not follow the rule so that we can actually lessen the pathogens and contagions that actually exist, and we can resolve their problem on medical waste,\u201d Jamili said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe encountered a few hospitals that don\u2019t treat their medical wastes. They just put it into vaults, and it\u2019s very problematic. It\u2019s a matter of asking whether, is it really a long term solution or is it just a temporary solution that creates more problems in the future? Pyroclave system is actually a solution that is built to last long,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe usual competitors are from abroad. We saw the problem on treatments like this, if something is down, you have to order it outside, and take 10 months perhaps to have a spare part of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe creation of the pyroclave system, which is proudly Filipino-made from Davao City, allows every treatment system, with the same system, to make everything in fast track. So if ever there is a problem, we could just fix it. We have dynamic engineers and fabricators that we will be able to send should there be any problem,\u201d he further said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Healthier\u00a0Pinas and the world<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the next five years, RAD Green aims to install 20 branches of medical wastes treatment strategically established across the country to address the nation\u2019s issue on hazardous waste management.<\/p>\n

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Its Philippine technology is also bound to set abroad, with possible talks of partnership with Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, Jamili explained.<\/p>\n

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With the continued battle against COVID-19 in the Philippines, so is the continued rise in the volume of health care or medical wastes in the country. 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