Agency dusts off waste-separation plant planWorkers from Global Power Synergy Plc sort garbage at a waste management centre in Muang district, Rayong province, in July 2018. (Bangkok Post file photo)The Industrial Works Department plans to build waste-separation plants nationwide in a bid to process tonnes of future hazardous waste from industrial manufacturing. Under the earlier plan, the department sought to build six waste-separation plants in Rayong, Chon Buri, Chachoengsao, Ratchaburi, Nakhon Pathom and Samut Sakhon. The department reported figures for both new factory registration and factory expansion, expecting the total value for 2019 to reach 430 billion baht. The total value for new operations stood at 106 billion baht, led by food (19.3 billion baht), petroleum (16.8 billion baht) and electronics (14.21 billion baht).

Source: Bangkok Post July 02, 2019 10:35 UTC