19. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Medical Environmental Survey 2000: Main Findings. Ramallah: PCBS, 2000: 130pp.

This report is one of a series of expected reports planned to be published by the PCBS on the environment. The report presents the most important medical waste statistics for the private sector indicators as collected from different sources. The report concentrates on the variables of water consumption, medical waste collection, separation and disposal, and wastewater disposal in the private sector. Results of the survey show that the public authority transfers the wastes to a place of final disposal in 78.65% of the establishments of the Palestinian Territory. The place of final disposal was a dump owned by the local authority for 81.5% of the establishments. The periodicity of waste final disposal was 1 to 3 times per week for 46.8% of the establishments while it is more than 7 times per week for 30.5% of the establishments.