00:00Garbage here, garbage there.
00:03Aside from the stormy weather, there are also dangerous garbage.
00:07Even in the hospital, there are hospital wastes.
00:10Where are they going?
00:12That's what Kara David is talking about in the new episode of the Digital Documentary Program
00:16of GMA Public Affairs, Haradox.
00:19Let's watch it.
00:23Garbage here, garbage there.
00:26Garbage everywhere.
00:31If you think about where this garbage is going,
00:35you will think about where it is taking the garbage from the hospitals
00:41or the so-called medical waste.
01:01We met Christopher, a crew member of a private company.
01:06His job is to collect garbage from hospitals,
01:10like face masks, gloves, and syringes.
01:14One of the most difficult jobs in the world is to carry garbage.
01:19But there are types of garbage that are really hazardous
01:23and dangerous to those who carry them.
01:26And we will accompany those who carry hazardous waste.
01:30But we really need to be fully protected
01:34because the hospital waste is of a different kind.
01:44We will now put eye protection
01:47because we don't know what can get into our eyes.
01:51So you can see, this is the look of the hazardous materials
01:56that were collected here in this hospital.
01:58If you see in hospitals,
02:00as long as it is in yellow plastic,
02:02it means that it is hazardous waste.
02:04There are different types of hazardous waste.
02:06There is pathological waste,
02:09which is the body of people,
02:11liquid, placenta, whatever.
02:14Because of Christopher's daily work,
02:16it is not new to him that parts of a person's body can be seen.
02:22In the past, there were different types of hazardous waste,
02:25like pathological, pharmaceutical, and so on.
02:27I don't know if you can really see the parts of a person's body.
02:32But now, you can see it.
02:34You can see it.
02:35You can see it.
02:36You can see it.
02:37You can see it.
02:38You can see it.
02:40That's where you can really see the feet.
02:44Yes.
02:45What do you do when you see it?
02:48For safety, ma'am.
02:49We put it in a drum.
02:50We wrap it.
02:51We don't do anything.
02:52We don't do anything.
02:54You're not afraid anymore.
02:56You're used to it.
02:57Yes, ma'am.
02:58That's what we put in this house.
03:00In 2018,
03:02more than 55,749 tons of infectious waste
03:08were collected in the Philippines.
03:10According to the DNREMB Online Hazardous Waste Management System,
03:15this crisis resulted in a 480% increase
03:20in hazardous and infectious waste generation
03:23from June 2020 to December 2021.
03:28In addition,
03:29in 2021,
03:31more than 234,000 metric tons of healthcare waste were collected.
03:36This will amount to more than 6,000 trucks.
03:41But if there is no landfill,
03:43where can the garbage collected by Christopher be brought?
03:48He is more worried that it will be completely closed this October.
03:53Watch the full documentary later this afternoon
03:57on the GMA Public Affairs YouTube channel.
04:00This is the paradox,
04:01the story of each country.
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