Toward Sustainable Environmental Management of Healthcare Waste: A Holistic Perspective
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چکیده
The management of healthcare waste requires a sustained and holistic approach involving range parties. This is challenging for governments, especially in developing countries, where systems have limited capacities addressing the issue. Using Saudi Arabia as case study, this paper followed multi-method approach, including policy analysis, observation, semi-structured interviews, focus group, to explore country’s system. study estimated that government hospitals across country, every year, throw away landfills (27,000 tons), plastic (15,000 food (10,000 glass (8000 metal (7000 tons). Regrettably, all these tons materials end up without any form recycling. A number challenges were identified, reflecting mainly lack legal framework, training, coordination among stakeholders, social responsibility. generated new knowledge about by exploring how their performance shaped processes occurring at policy, organization, individual levels.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sustainability
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2071-1050']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095280