📋 Tender Overview
Grantee:China National Resource Recycling Association
Country:China
Area Of Work:Chemicals
Grant Amount:US$ 50,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:US$ 14,741.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:US$ 23,916.00
Project Number:CPR/SGP/OP7/Y3/STAR/CH/2023/02
Status:Currently under execution
Description: With the push for garbage classification, medical institutions have become a significant source of household waste. The need for classified collection and comprehensive supervision of recyclable waste has grown. In 2020, the National Health Commission, along with the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and other relevant departments, developed the "Comprehensive Management Plan for Medical Institution Waste." This plan emphasized solving the issue of recycling and utilizing infusion bottles and bags, focusing on "closed-loop management, designated locations, and full traceability." It required local policies to ensure that each jurisdiction had at least one recycling and utilization enterprise or integrated recycling enterprise, achieving full coverage of medical institution infusion bottle (bag) recycling and utilization.
To support the closed-loop management of recyclable materials in medical institutions, particularly to aid the Ministry of Commerce inestablishing a list of enterprises for infusion bottle/bag recycling and utilization, the China National Resource Recycling Association began a pilot project in April 2018. This project aimed to support the identification and selection of 36 enterprises for the pilot of recycling plastic waste from medical institutions. The association also issued standards for glass infusion bottle recycling and plastic infusion bottle (bag) recycling for hospitals and recycling companies to use. An electronic tracing system and terminal machine were developed in 2018 to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of collecting and managing infusion bottles/bags in more than 40 cities nationwide.
Main Problems:
1. Lack of awareness among medical institutions about the value of recycling uncontaminated infusion bottles (bags), leading to improper disposal and resource wastage.
2. Some medical institutions sell categorized infusion bottles (bags) to unauthorized enterprises, resulting in uncertain recycling routes and posing environmental and social risks.
3. Small-scale and scattered medical institutions in remote areas produce inconsistent amounts of infusion bottles (bags), raising transportation costs for remote recycling and lowering participation.
4. Many medical institutions still rely on manual paper-based records for waste management, causing inefficiencies, loss of records, and delayed responses in oversight.
Activities:
Activity 1: Conduct baseline surveys in demonstration cities, compile a guidebook for infusion bottle (bag) classification and recycling. Analyze existing practices, identify weaknesses and risks, and propose detailed solutions based on the principles of behavior change. Develop a user-frien
