Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health

Local Government: Local governments are
responsible for implementing the regulations
for generators and disposers of waste,
including issuing business license and facility
license, on-site inspection, administrative
punishment and communicating with the
waste management company, local residents
and other related stakeholders. Local
governments enjoy enormous autonomy and
functions through their basic units, prefectures
and municipalities.
Institutional Setup Governing Healthcare Waste Managment
Public Planning
Division
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
Ministry of
Environment
Minister’s
Secretariat
Waste Management
and Recycling
Department
Waste
Management
Division
Industrial Waste
Management
Division
CHAPTER 3_COUNTRY ANALYSIS
Private sector: Waste generators (hospitals
and clinics) are responsible for the disposal of
their healthcare wastes in accordance with the
regulation. If they do not dispose by
themselves, they need to outsource it to a
licensed waste management company with
fare cost and are to take necessary measure for
sound management throughout the sequence
of management. Waste management
companies are to obtain permission from local
government on facility installation and
business in waste management and are to
observe related regulations.
The institutional setup governing healthcare
waste management in Japan is shown in the
Figure below.
Technical and
Financial
Support
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Implementation
Prefecture
+
Municipality
Environment
Department
Waste Management in
Healthcare Facilities
License for
Waste
Management
Waste
Management
Company
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JAPAN