People do not reduce trash in the first place and are not conscious about throwing away trash appropriately. They do not know that they should sell trash directly to waste pickers, so that trash can go directly to the recycling process," Pichmol said of the issues regarding waste recycling in Thailand. The Thai government has already released the Roadmap On Plastic Waste Management 2018-2030 paper which is divided into three phases. Since there is no concrete waste management system in Thailand, Pichmol suggests anyone who wants to start recycling their trash should contact waste pickers in their neighbourhoods. Today, Thailand imports trash from other countries, so the price of trash is not stable.

Source: Bangkok Post October 08, 2021 00:22 UTC