Of these 617,901 (93.7%) were made from natural materials that could be decomposed. The number of krathong collected this year was down 163,676 on last year, but still amounted to over six tonnes of rubbish. The number of floats made from natural materials increased by 91%, he said. Of these 754,587 were made from natural materials and the rest were styrofoam. Nine trucks were used to transport the natural floats to Nong Khem garbage centre.

Source: Bangkok Post November 15, 2016 04:51 UTC