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Hard work, innovation helps the 'greening' of miners
News, Published on 15/11/2017
» Donald Trump's presidency in the United States has turned mining -- and the coal industry in particular -- into a political cause célèbre over the last year. In June, during his first White House cabinet meeting, Mr Trump suggested that his energy policies were putting miners back to work and transforming a troubled sector of the economy.
Shedding light on solar panels
Business, Published on 21/08/2017
» Thailand is among a number of countries trying to cut reliance on fossil fuels by highlighting renewable energy development, but the colossal task of managing solar panel waste remains a bottleneck, dimming the light of hopeful advancement in renewable energy.
Life can be trying when you live near a dump
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 09/12/2016
» Few people care what happens afterward to the leftovers from items they consume. Once they drop the rubbish in their hands into a bin or whatever, that's the end of it as far as they are concerned.
196 tonnes of hazardous waste being sent back to Japan
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/07/2016
» Containers at Laem Chabang Port declared to have scrap metal, copper & aluminum, actually have hazardous electronic waste. Importer & Japanese exporter to be punished.
Weighed down by heavy metals
B Magazine, Published on 12/06/2016
» Few things wake you up more sharply when reading a scan of toxin levels in your body than the words ARSENIC: HIGH.
Digital waste, sex offences bills endorsed
Patsara Jikkham, Published on 19/05/2015
» The cabinet on Tuesday endorsed a bill to force electronics manufacturers to take responsibility for high-tech waste and design more environmentally friendly gadgets.
Mountain of electrical waste reaches new peak
AFP, Published on 19/04/2015
» PARIS - A record amount of electrical and electronic waste hit the rubbish tips in 2014, with the biggest per-capita tallies in countries that pride themselves on environmental consciousness, a report said Sunday.
Tackling electronic waste menace
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/12/2014
» Thailand is in urgent need of a new law to enter the new age of waste management as the amount of electronic waste entering landfills and being dumped on public land threatens public health and the environment, activists say.
Villagers near Phichit gold mine poisoned by heavy metals
Online Reporters, Published on 28/11/2014
» As many as 6,000 people living near a gold mine in Phichit province may have been poisoned by heavy metals, Central Institute of Forensic Science chief Porntip Rojanasunan said Friday.