15 January 2025 – The HCWM Project concluded its three-day national workshop stepping up efforts for toxics-free, zero-waste hospitals. The workshop reviewed outputs from the previous year and laid out its plans moving forward.
The UNIDO and HCWM Project team visited the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) in Cagayan de Oro City to strengthen collaboration and pavie the way for a meaningful partnership.
The HCWM Project recently concluded a series of waste audit activities in its three partner hospitals as part of efforts to develop a standardized waste inventory toolkit.
The HCWM Project successfully concluded a workshop aimed at evaluating and enhancing the capacities of its partner hospitals in raising awareness on the environmentally sound management of healthcare waste.
12 August 2025 – High school and college students, along with community-based youth groups, demonstrated their short-video making skills yesterday to raise awareness on healthcare waste during the International Youth Day celebration at De La Salle University, Manila.
12 August 2025 – Over 100 young people gathered at De La Salle University to celebrate International Youth Day 2025organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Country Office in the Philippines, together with environmental groups Clean Air Asia and BAN Toxics.
Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCWM Project), recently carried out three key assessment activities aimed at ensuring a grounded and science-based approach to planned project interventions.
May 7 is National Health Worker’s Day by virtue of RA 1009. The HCWM Project honors our health workers at the frontlines of managing wastes from hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities.
The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCWM Project), led by the DENR–Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) and BAN Toxics, visited three hospitals in Mindanao to engage potential partners in the regions of Northern Mindanao, CARAGA, and Davao.
8 March 2025 – In celebration of International Women’s Month 2025, UNIDO Philippines, in partnership with Artisanal Gold Council Philippines, BAN Toxics, and Clean Air Asia, hosted “Unite for All Women: A Just, Green, and Inclusive Economy!” — a forum that spotlights women’s leadership in driving environmental sustainability and economic development.
