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Crisis in waste management
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2024
» The sight of our officials and ministers frantically searching for carcinogenic cadmium tailings is a reminder of how hopeless the state's toxic waste policy management has been. Without a major revamp, similar problems will only recur.
Search for missing cadmium goes on
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/04/2024
» Officials continue to search for the remaining 3,256 tonnes of carcinogenic cadmium waste illegally moved from Tak province, after tracing a total of 10,194 tonnes so far.
More toxic cadmium found, another 2,500 tonnes still sought
Post Reporters, Published on 07/04/2024
» Officials have found a total of about 10,500 tonnes of carcinogenic cadmium waste illegally sourced from Tak province, and are seeking another 2,500 tonnes.
Cadmium waste missing
News, Published on 06/04/2024
» The Ministry of Industry is investigating the disappearance of more than 10,000 tonnes of cadmium tailings stored at a smelting factory in Samut Sakhon.
Police warn of hazardous cadmium waste dust
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/04/2024
» The police Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has warned that 15,000 tonnes of mishandled cadmium waste in two provinces may be hazardous because it is in the form of dust and could easily contaminate the environment.
Cadmium disaster zone declared
Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 04/04/2024
» SAMUT SAKHON: The governor of Samut Sakhon province has declared two foundries in Muang district disaster zones after finding 15,000 tonnes of carcinogenic cadmium waste illegally acquired from Tak province.
Thais look to Japan for waste management tips
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/03/2024
» Situated near Osaka city on a man-made island, the Maishima Incineration Plant boasts a striking design crafted by the late Friedensreich Hundertwasser, a Viennese architect and environmentalist.
Unseen realities
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 11/03/2024
» Artist Thidarat "Mariem" Chantachua is known for using Islamic patterns, threads and embroidery but because she wears a hijab, people assume she comes from one of the three southernmost provinces. At the exhibition "Invisible Town", Thidarat reveals that she grew up near a landfill and waste management centre in the On Nut area of Bangkok.
Curbing plastic pollution needs local remedies
Oped, Published on 22/02/2024
» As the United Nations enters the final stretch of negotiations for a new treaty to end plastic pollution, governments must work to ensure that the agreement not only reduces plastic production, but also strengthens local initiatives to remove and recycle existing plastic waste.
Fast-track law on pollution
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/02/2024
» On Wednesday, environmental groups submitted a draft of the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) law to parliament. This is not the first time the groups -- comprised of EnLAW, Ecological Alert and Recovery-Thailand and Greenpeace (Thailand) -- have been trying to push this crucial piece of legislation into law.