Thien Truong Science & Technology is the owner of the solution

According to Thien Truong Science & Technology, the owner of the solution, the system uses microwaves in combination with saturated steam to treat medical infectious waste. This method can destroy pathogens and harmful bacteria in infected medical waste, and there is no need to burn waste at source. 

With microwaves, a temperature of about 100-132 degrees Celsius will disrupt the structure of bacteria, spores, completely disinfect medical waste without causing smoke, or dust. 

One report found that there are 13,000 healthcare facilities of different kinds in Vietnam. In 2010, the medical waste volume was estimated at 500 tons per day, 60-70 percent of which was hazardous. The figure has been increasing rapidly.

In HCMC, the estimated hazardous medical waste in 2017 was 22 tons per day. The waste came from 6,000 state-owned and private clinics and it was mostly treated by burning at two incinerators in the districts of Binh Tan and Hoc Mon.

Tens of tons of medical waste are discharged each day, which puts pressure on the environment and people’s health.

Medical waste, especially solid waste, is especially dangerous because it contains contagious pathogens, toxic chemicals and sharp objects. Without effective collection, treatment and management measures, the waste will harm the environment and people.

In Vietnam, burning waste remains the major method, despite the warnings of international environment and health organizations. 

The waste incineration requires high operation costs, while the incinerators which cannot satisfy technical requirements will cause air pollution.

Environmentally friendly technologies have been used in many countries to treat medical waste, including technology using microwaves together with saturated steam.

However, according to Thien Truong, there is no official producer of such technology in Vietnam.

Thien Truong has created a system to treat medical solid waste on operation principles similar to foreign-made products. The system is equipped with microprocessing control units which set temperature, humidity and wave power to optimize the capability of the system.

The system can be made domestically with locally made content of 70 percent. This reduces the production cost and the system is maintained in a convenient way.

Thien Truong plans to bring the solution to regional countries, including Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia.

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