Now That's What We Call Hospitality
Vietnam hospital waste turned into plastic utensils
Posted at 5:06 PM on 30 Aug 2007
Recycling gone bad:Environmental officers in Vietnam have found that nearly 300 tonnes of medical waste from a Hanoi hospital was illegally processed into household plastic utensils, state media said Wednesday.Ewwwww.
A staff member at the Vietnam-Germany Hospital sold the used plastic items -- including IV transmission lines and syringes, some still contaminated with blood -- said the police-run An Ninh Thu Do (Capital Security) daily.
The medical waste was sold for 1,500-6,000 dong (0.09-0.3 dollars) per kilogramme from 2002 and was melted and shaped into utensils such as plastic drinking cups, washing bowls and waste baskets, the report said.
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