The relevant person in charge of the Department of Solid waste and chemicals of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment answers the reporter's question on the production and disposal of medical waste in the country

Recently, the relevant person in charge of the Department of Solid waste and chemicals of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment answered reporters' questions from the national medical waste, disposal ability, and actual disposal situation.

Q: How is medical waste classified and what happens?

Answer: Medical waste (hereinafter referred to as "medical waste") is a hazardous waste, which refers to the direct or indirect infection, toxicity, and other harmful waste produced by medical and health institutions in medical, prevention, health care and other related activities, including Infectious waste, damaged waste, pathological waste, chemical waste and pharmaceutical waste.

New crown pneumonia patients, suspected patients in designated hospitals, popular kidney clinics and other places for treatment, observation, diagnosis, and medical waste (usually referred to as "epidemic -related medical waste") in related activities are highly infectious and adopt more compared to ordinary medical waste waste. More stringent management measures. In addition, the places that are strictly managed by medical institutions (such as sealing and controlling communities, isolation hotels, etc.) in the medical institutions (such as sealing and controlling communities, isolation hotels, etc.) are detected, closely contacting, closely connected and closely connected domestic garbage, and protective supplies used by staff, as well as nucleic acid detection. Medical waste, etc. refer to medical waste management. In 2021, a total of 1.4 million tons of medical waste (including 201,000 tons of immune -related medical waste), an increase of 18.6%and 11.1%over 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Q: What level of the current national medical waste disposal capacity is at?

Answer: In recent years, various places have gradually improved medical waste disposal capabilities. Since the occurrence of new crown pneumonia, the local area has accelerated the construction of centralized disposal facilities and reserved a large number of collaborative emergency response facilities. my country's medical waste disposal capacity has been greatly improved. As of the end of 2021, a total of 540 medical waste centralized disposal units across the country had a centralized disposal capacity of 2.15 million tons/year, an increase of 39%over the end of the epidemic (at the end of 2019). In general, the proportion of regular disposal capacity and medical waste in various places to the amount of medical waste is 1.5 times the national average, of which 18 are higher than the average provinces. More than the amount of production; through the extension of the working time of the facilities and the use of spare -spare facilities, the proportion of medical waste disposal capabilities and medical waste generated in various places is 1.9 times the national average. Among them, there are 19 provinces above the average. In the 12 provinces below the average, the centralized disposal capacity is more than 1.2 times that of it. In addition, there are sufficient emergency response capabilities (including spare facilities, and collaborative emergency response facilities such as backup facilities, and hazardous waste incineration furnaces, domestic waste incineration furnaces, etc.), which can be enabled to ensure emergency response at any time. The national medical waste disposal capacity is generally sufficient. According to estimates, about 5 tons of nucleic acid testing waste per 1 million people per 1 million people can meet the need for medical waste disposal of medical waste, including nucleic acid testing waste, which can be met in the existing medical waste.

Q: How is the national medical waste disposal?

Answer: In 2021, a total of 1.4 million tons of medical waste was disposed of across the country, of which 1.2.09 million tons of medical waste was disposed of, 191,000 tons of emergency disposal, and the load rate of centralized disposal facilities was about 56%. Waste to achieve Nissan Riqing; the proportion of medical waste emergency disposal accounted for 14%. Data comparison shows that conventional centralized disposal is the main method of medical waste disposal, and synergistic emergency response methods play an important supplementary role in waste disposal during the epidemic.

Judging from the recent scheduling situation, the medical waste disposal of high -risk areas across the country has been stable and orderly. In the past three months, the average daily daily load rate of medical waste disposal facilities in cities (states) and municipalities in high -risk areas across the country has been lower than 90. %, 97%of which are less than 80%, and 66%are less than 50%. All medical waste is properly disposed of, and the immune -related medical waste Nissan is clear.

Supply 丨 The Department of Solid waste and chemicals of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Edit 丨 Qin Chao

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