{"title":"Health Care Waste Management and Sustainable Development Goals in Malaysia","authors":"Norelli Mt, Noor Artika H, Yusof Mz","doi":"10.26480/jwbm.01.2019.18.20","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This review paper focuses on the definition of health care waste and its management in Malaysia. This review paper also sheds the light on the legislation related to hazardous waste in Malaysia. Subsequently, it explores the relation of healthcare waste with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by United Nation.","PeriodicalId":314179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wastes and Biomass Management","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Wastes and Biomass Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.26480/jwbm.01.2019.18.20","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This review paper focuses on the definition of health care waste and its management in Malaysia. This review paper also sheds the light on the legislation related to hazardous waste in Malaysia. Subsequently, it explores the relation of healthcare waste with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by United Nation.