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Waste Disposal Unit (WDU) at a glance
Health Care Waste Management
WDU installer and operator training
An efficient health care waste solution
Healthcare waste is hazardous and disposal poses a serious health risk to local communities and their environment. A well-planned waste management system should be an integral part of any health facility. In developing countries, medical waste is typically disposed of by burial, open-pit burning, barrel burning, artisanal ovens, incineration, and chemical decomposition. The WDU is a small -scale incinerator appropriate in size for rural hospitals and primary health care facilities. Unlike most incinerators ,the WDU can tolerate up to100% plastic (safety boxes) which makes it ideal for not only routine curative waste from facilities, but also from overflow of waste from immunization campaigns.
Of the small-scale autocombustion incinerators available on the market, the WDU has shown improved efficiency on a number of crucial levels:
- Reduced hazardous emissions including particulates
- Increased levels of destruction
- Operational safety
- Cost efficiency
- 100% plastic tolerance
- Durability
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Criteria |
WDU performance |
| Kg per hour | 8-10 Kg |
| Operating costs | € 1.5 / day |
| Hours per day | 4 |
| Plastic permissible in load | 60-100% |
| Installation time | 9 days |
| Installation costs (civil works) | € 500 to € 900 * |
| Ease of operation | Excellent |
| Maintenance costs | € 20/ year |
| Warranty | 5 years on all metal parts |
| Hidden costs | None |
| * Installation costs refer to locally purchased materials such as cement, sand, rebar, wood for slab casings etc, and local labor. For instance, costs in Africa are substantially higher than in Asia, hence the range in costs. |