Waste: Tools and Resources

UNDP-GEF Global Health Care Waste Project Guidance Documents

  • Recommended Elements of a Model Facility Policy on Healthcare Waste Management. Download PDF
  • Guidance on Conducting a Baseline Assessment of a Healthcare Facility. Download PDF
  • Guidance on Microbiological Challenge Testing for Medical Waste Autoclaves. Download PDF
  • Guidance on Cleanup Storage and Transport of Mercury from Health Care . Download PDF
  • Best Environmental Practices and Alternative Technologies for Medical Waste Management. Download PDF

WHO Guidance Documents

  • WHO Blue Book: Safe Management of Wastes from Health-Care Activities. Download PDF
  • Medical device donations: considerations for solicitation and provision, WHO Medical device technical series. Download PDF

HCWH Documents

  • FOR PROPER DISPOSAL: A Global Inventory of Alternative Medical Waste Treatment Technologies. Download PDF
  • Non-Incineration Medical Waste Treatment Pilot Project at Bagamoyo District Hospital, Tanzania. Download PDF
  • BEST PRACTICES in HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: Examples from Four Philippine Hospitals. Download PDF