The way forward HCWH Europe strongly believes that employing a circular economy model supported by the strategies and action plans developed within the Green Deal provides the opportunity to achieve significant EU wide healthcare waste reduction. HCWH Europe encourages Member States, and stakeholders (manufacturers, waste processors, etc.) to set goals to achieve a reduction in healthcare waste through national activities. Public health authorities should see effective, scaled-up promotion of non-incineration technologies for the final disposal of healthcare waste as a tool to prevent environmental pollution and disease burden from incineration pollution…
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