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BBC website story on HECAF360’s recycling of anatomical waste
Nepal's inventive use for waste placentas
ZERO WASTE poster
ZERO WASTE is now a priority
COVID-19 aircraft disinfection
Aircraft Disinfection
Autoclave before recycling
Autoclave before recycling
Concrete tanks for anaerobic digesters
Biodigesters can recycle bio-waste without burning
Syringe and needle cutter training
Syringe-needle cutters
Plastic bins for segregating medical waste
Segregation at Source
Eliminate incineration pollution photo
KMC Incinerator - No Burn
Banner celebrating removal of a hospital incinerator
Incinerator Removal in Kathmandu Medical College
HECAF360 CEO receives Asia-Pacific Sustainability Award
HECAF360 Executive Director named to Asia-Pacific Sustainability Leadership A-List
Tribhuvan Teaching Hospital - pioneering healthcare waste management site
​From hazardous waste to fuel: How clinics are reducing climate impact

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3 Program Areas

Health
Environment
Climate

What is HECAF360 ?

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Health Environment and 
Climate Action Foundation

Clean, Green, Healthy Environment and Climate Resilient Community

Once solely a provider of health care waste management services, Health Care Foundation Nepal (HECAF) has evolved into HECAF360 and is today the leading provider of clean, green, climate-smart appropriate technology solutions for environmentally sound healthcare waste systems in Nepal and other low-resource countries.

 

Working closely with various international development agencies as well as national and international NGOs, HECAF360 today manages an array of projects across 3 program areas: Health, Environment and Climate.

HECAF360 designs and implements innovative Zero Waste management systems in hospitals, schools, and municipalities. We encourage safe non-burn technology, support plastic waste management schemes on both institutional and community levels, and widely encourage the 3Rs of waste management: reduce—reuse—recycle.

HECAF360 also plays an important public health role in supporting the Ministry of Health and Population. Nepal was badly affected by SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) and HECAF360 contributed significantly to Government of Nepal efforts to sustain the population and contain the virus. HECAF360 interventions included: securing life saving international donations of ventilators and PPE;  assisting the Ministry of Health and Population in the management of hospitalised Covid-19 patients; conducting training workshops in infection control; and the clean-up, handling and safe disposal of potentially hazardous Covid-19 waste

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Nepal's inventive use for waste placentas

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Gabriella Jozwiak

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२०२४ अक्टोबर १६

The burning of medical waste poses a serious health and environmental danger. Hospitals in Nepal have started turning this hazardous waste into cooking gas.

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HECAF360 Executive Director named to Asia-Pacific Sustainability Leadership A-List

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HECAF360's is proud to announce that our Executive Director and CEO, Mahesh Nakarmi, has been named to The Eco-Business Asia-Pacific .....

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​From hazardous waste to fuel: How clinics are reducing climate impact

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Gabriella Jóźwiak

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२०२३ अप्रिल १३

Gabriella Jóźwiak is an award-winning journalist based in London who writes extensively on international development issues.

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