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Air quality in capital on the mend, pollution dept says
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/02/2026
» Air quality in Bangkok is improving, with average PM2.5 levels at the end of the year falling over the past two years, according to the Pollution Control Department (PCD).
PCD intensifies industrial pollution, PM2.5 curbs
News, Published on 02/02/2026
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has stepped up nationwide enforcement to curb industrial pollution and reduce PM2.5 emissions, while the Ministry of Industry has expanded real-time emissions monitoring at factories, with additional smokestacks in Bangkok set to come under surveillance.
Bangkok speeds up expansion of dust‑free classrooms
Online Reporters, Published on 30/01/2026
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is accelerating its programme to convert all kindergarten classrooms in its school network into dust‑free learning spaces by year-end, as the capital continues to battle hazardous air pollution.
Nakhon Nayok fire 100% contained, bounty raised
Online Reporters, Published on 29/01/2026
» NAKHON NAYOK - The paddy field fires caused by illegal burning in Pak Phli district have been fully extinguished, while local authorities have stepped up patrols in still‑vulnerable areas and raised the reward for information leading to capture of arsonists to 50,000 baht.
Unsafe levels of smog in Bangkok and 57 provinces
Online Reporters, Published on 29/01/2026
» Unsafe levels of ultrafine dust blanketed 57 provinces and Bangkok and one province, Samut Songkhram, faced a red level of harmful smog.
Culprits sought in burning of paddy fields in Nakhon Nayok
Online Reporters, Published on 28/01/2026
» Authorities in Nakhon Nayok are hunting for the culprits who burned about 10,000 rai (16 square kilometres) of paddy fields, worsening the already serious air pollution in the province north of Bangkok.
Red levels of PM2.5 cover about one-third of Thailand, including Greater Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 28/01/2026
» The harmful levels (red levels) of ultrafine dust shrouded about one-third of Thailand on Wednesday morning, including Bangkok and nearby provinces.
Red levels of PM2.5 reach three digits in Greater Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 27/01/2026
» Seriously harmful levels of ultrafine dust, three times the safe limit, were reported in Greater Bangkok on Tuesday morning, while most of Thailand was blanketed with unsafe smog.
Air quality improving year on year, Chadchart says
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/01/2026
» Particulate matter pollution across Bangkok has markedly improved this year, with the number of days in which PM2.5 levels exceeded safe limits down by more than 60% year-on-year this month.
Rubbish reality
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/01/2026
» Re: "Phuket looks to resort model to tackle waste", (BP, Jan 17) & "Trash tells Phuket's story", (Editorial, Jan 6).