Bid adieu to bad rubbishOn Thursday, the national sub-committee tasked with overseeing plastic and electronic waste management will hold a meeting after a ban due to come into effect on Wednesday was once again pushed back due to pressure from the waste recycling industry. The ongoing debate and upcoming meeting puts the logic-defying nature of the domestic plastic recycling industry back into the spotlight. Some recycling factories in Thailand have become multinational and sought to boost revenues by processing rubbish from abroad in addition to the domestic haul. In 2018 alone, 552,912 tonnes of plastic rubbish were brought into the country. And in 2019, the cabinet in 2019 approved the Roadmap on Plastic Waste Management 2018–2030, which mandates that by 2027, 100% of plastic waste must be reusable.

Source: Bangkok Post August 30, 2021 23:15 UTC