Table 1.
Type and weight of waste produced by clinical departments of Bwindi Community Hospital, Uganda, October 2017.
| Sexual reproductive health department | Out patients department | Adult inpatient department | HIV/AIDS department | Pediatric ward | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste category | Mean daily waste in kg | Mean daily waste in kg | Mean daily waste in kg | Mean daily waste in kg | Mean daily waste in kg | |||||
| HAZARDOUS WASTE | ||||||||||
| -Highly infectious (Red color-code) | 6.2 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | |||||
| -Infectious (Yellow color-code) | 3.3 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | |||||
| NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE | ||||||||||
| -Non-compostable waste | 6.5 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 5.1 | |||||
| -Compostable waste | 45.1 | 11.1 | 34.3 | 6.7 | 31.7 | |||||
| Monthly total waste produced | kg | % | kg | % | kg | % | kg | % | kg | % |
| Hazardous waste | 299 | 16 | 46 | 10 | 127 | 9 | 98 | 24 | 92 | 8 |
| Non-hazardous waste | 1,597 | 84 | 429 | 90 | 1,297 | 91 | 30 | 76 | 1,107 | 92 |
| All waste | 1,896 | 100 | 475 | 100 | 1,425 | 100 | 404 | 100 | 1,199 | 100 |