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City Hall waste-sorting campaign falls flat
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/07/2025
» While the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) gears up to implement a new scheme designed to encourage households to sort out their rubbish, many residents say they are unaware of the changes set to come into effect in about two months' time.
Roman bigfoot? UK archaeologists probe 'unusually large' shoes
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» LONDON - A stash of "unusually large" 2,000-year-old shoes dug up at a Roman site in northern England has left archaeologists searching for an explanation, they told AFP on Thursday.
Rescuing a foodie paradise
News, Published on 17/06/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is pressing ahead with plans to redevelop Banthat Thong Road into a creative district and premier street food destination.
Open the lid on B12m cash saga
Editorial, Published on 15/06/2025
» The story opened with a bang: a plastic box filled with 12 million baht cash was accidentally found at a garbage disposal area of a Nonthaburi condo and later claimed by a high-ranking adviser to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).
New plan to promote food waste sorting
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/04/2025
» Households in six districts across Bangkok will be eligible to get a discount on their rubbish collection fee if they sort their food scraps from their general waste, according to an adviser to Bangkok governor Pornphrom Vikitsreth.
Households are urged to sort organic waste
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/03/2025
» Households in Bangkok are being encouraged to separate organic waste from other forms of rubbish to help reduce the daily volume of garbage.
Bangkok's unhealthy trash diet
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/02/2025
» Bangkok faces significant challenges in waste management, as food makes up nearly half of the garbage generated in the city.
Bangkok's unhealthy trash diet
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 24/02/2025
» Bangkok is grappling with significant challenges in waste management, as food makes up nearly half of the garbage generated in the city.
K-pop's Lisa takes crown in bustling city of plenty
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/12/2024
» Amid a wealth of news and catchy headlines from Bangkok in 2024, the 'Bangkok Post' picked five of the most noteworthy to cap the year.
Bangkokians oppose congestion charge, support waste collection fee: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 15/12/2024
» A majority of Bangkokians disagree with the planned traffic congestion charge in the capital but supported its new garbage collection fee aimed at encouraging waste separation, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or NIDA Poll.