CHIM intervention guidance: Low carbon climate resilient waste management

This guide shows how low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can integrate low carbon and climate resilient principles into health care waste management in a phased, practical way. It draws from the Climate Health Implementation Manual (CHIM) Low Carbon Climate Resilient Waste Management Repository, which catalogs 44 tools across eight evidence-based waste management interventions.

While few of these interventions were originally designed specifically as climate measures, emerging evidence demonstrates that foundational waste management practices, including waste minimization, segregation, recycling, safe storage, transport, treatment, disposal, and operational support, inherently reduce net GHG emissions and improve resilience to climate-related hazards when consistently implemented.