Introducing Nurse Susie, a character designed to promote environmental sustainability in healthcare. As part of the HCWM Project’s Toxics-Free Hospitals Campaign, Nurse Susie inspires healthcare workers and institutions to say no to single-use plastics, embrace reusable alternatives, and raise awareness about toxic chemicals found in healthcare waste.
Nurse Susie encourages everyone to embrace zero-waste practices through the campaign’s 4Cs Framework:
- Changing old habits through proper waste segregation and mindful consumption;
- Cutting plastics by reducing reliance on single-use plastics;
- Committing to reuse through alternatives like reusable masks and personal protective equipment; and
- Championing sustainability by advocating for environmentally-sound practices and technologies within healthcare facilities and communities.
Reducing plastic use, especially single-use plastics, is a crucial intervention in minimizing potential sources of toxic chemical emissions from healthcare waste.
Through the HCWM Project, key interventions focus on improving healthcare waste segregation, reducing reliance on single-use plastics, promoting reusable face masks and other personal protective equipment, adopting low- or zero-emission waste treatment technologies, and strengthening capacity for the environmentally sound management of infectious and other healthcare wastes.
Follow Nurse Susie’s and join the movement toward cleaner, safer, and more sustainable healthcare waste management!
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management (𝘏𝘊𝘞𝘔) 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘜𝘕𝘐𝘋𝘖 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘌𝘕𝘙-𝘌𝘔𝘉, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 (𝘎𝘌𝘍) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘈𝘕 𝘛𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳.