Dear TechNet-21 community,
As most of you know, countries are focusing on the cold chain expansion, but disposal of old & obsolete cold chain equipment are also one of the identified gaps. Due to this fact we are planning to work on it, could you share with us country experience or guideline on the decommissioning of old and obsolete CCE?
Thanks,
Henok
Hello Henok,
Here is a link to the UNICEF/WHO guidance on Decommissioning and safe disposal of cold chain equipment which was published last year:
https://www.technet-21.org/library/main/4883
It hinges on five core components designed to facilitate a practical, effective, and flexible approach that governments may adopt or adapt in the process of identifying and managing their CCE decommissioning and disposal needs:
(1) health and environmental considerations,
(2) reasons for decommissioning and possible alternatives,
(3) required framework,
(4) decommissioning plan, and
(5) technical and safety considerations.
I found that document to be really useful, hope it will help you too.
Best regards,
Olivia
Thank you for the document on “Decommissioning and safe disposal of cold chain equipment”. This is very useful and will surely assist countries in the decommissioning and safety disposal of their obsolete cold chain equipment.
Here are some observations which may be used to improve the document:
Hope these are useful.
Alejo H. Bejemino
Cold Chain and Vaccine Management Consultant