Indonesia

According to Indonesian law, HCWM is a part of hazardous waste (HW) management and regulated by laws and regulations such as Environment Protection and Management related to the hazardous material, and the government regulation indicating the position of HCW as part of a hazardous management approach. The details of HCWM are stipulated in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MEF) Regulation as “Procedures and technical requirements for the management of hazardous and toxic waste from health service facilities”. It regulates how to reduce, sort, store, transport, treat, bury, and dispose of hazardous and toxic waste. It can be done either by the healthcare facility (on-site) with a permit from the MEF, or by a private company for transportation and treatment/disposal (also with a permit from the MEF). The technology that can be applied for on-site treatment is autoclave and incineration, while for off-site treatment, the private company can only use an incineration process.

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