What have we done?

Zero Waste Month

In 2012, the Philippines kicked off its Zero Waste Month celebrations with the issuance of the Zero Waste Youth Manifesto by youth leaders. This call led to the establishment of Zero Waste Month, which was officially recognized in January 2014 through Presidential Proclamation No. 760. Since its recognition, various civil society organizations and communities have been actively promoting the zero-waste approach to waste management.

Furthermore, Health Care Without Harm and three Global Green and Health Hospitals collaborated to organize a series of campaign caravans in three healthcare facilities. These campaigns were aimed at increasing public awareness about the significance of reducing plastic usage in the healthcare sector. They also sought to highlight the role of hospital operations in contributing to greenhouse gas emissions while emphasizing hospitals' potential to innovate and advocate for a detoxified planet.

Build Health Champions

The Global Health Guardians (GHG) focuses on advocating for a plastic-free planet and aims to build health champions in detoxifying healthcare. The organization concentrates on policy advocacy and grassroots mobilization within the health sector. Civil society organizations recognize the urgent need for the health sector to proactively address the impacts of plastics on human health and the environment. Therefore, there is a pressing need for the health sector to take decisive action towards detoxifying healthcare and reducing plastics.

It aims to build health champions with unified messaging, which could be key to influencing policymakers' decision-making and securing strong commitments. Through communication workshops and webinars, Health Care Without Harm Southeast Asia, along with key health organizations, aims to build health champions and advocate for a strong, ambitious, and just Global Plastics Treaty.

#PlasticFreeJuly

Plastic Free July is a worldwide movement that aims to inspire and empower individuals, communities, and organizations to make conscious efforts to reduce plastic consumption and waste throughout the month of July. This important campaign addresses the critical need to address the pervasive use of plastics, which has led to significant environmental pollution and posed risks to human health.

Health Care Without Harm Southeast Asia has taken proactive steps by launching its comprehensive Social Media Guide for Plastic Free July. Additionally, we organized and hosted a series of informative webinars focusing on the Plastics Workstream for GGHH (Global Green and Healthy Hospitals) and non-GGHH members.  Plastic Free July calls on the healthcare sector and individuals to adopt sustainable practices, detoxify healthcare, and contribute to a healthier, plastic-free future, emphasizing that Plastic Pollution Harms Lives and healthcare should not be exempt from the Global Plastics Treaty Framework.