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Waste removal gets pricier
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/10/2025
» A new waste collection fee for unsorted trash goes into effect on Wednesday, with discounts offered for households that properly separate their garbage.
Waste sorting a money saver
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/07/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is inviting city residents to join its new waste-separation campaign, "This House Doesn't Mix Waste", which offers discounts on trash-collecting fees for sorting waste properly.
Cabinet approves B620m fund to tackle forest fires, smog
Post Reporters, Published on 28/01/2025
» The cabinet has approved a central fund allocation of 620 million baht to tackle the forest fires and PM2.5 dust haze that regularly pollute much of the country.
Hikers told to take care of own waste
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/12/2024
» Visitors at Phu Kradueng National Park in Loei generated over 4.5 tonnes of waste between Oct 1 and Dec 27, park chief Adison Hemathanon said on Sunday, before urging tourists to dispose their waste to protect the park's natural environment.
Piles of bus garbage anger Suriya
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/10/2024
» Mounds of trash found in a parking area behind the Bangkok Bus Terminal, or Mo Chit 2 in Chatuchak district, have infuriated Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, who has threatened to revoke public bus operating permits if such incidents recur.
BMA plans to upgrade its waste management system
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/11/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will rent electric garbage trucks to replace their diesel vehicles and build two more waste-to-energy (WTE) plants to improve the city's waste management.
Bangkok mulls ways to save, earn from trash
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/09/2023
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is looking at ways to save money, or even make money, by improving the management of the city's waste.
Sugarcane burn-off affects 44m people 6 months a year
Post Reporters, Published on 05/09/2023
» Sugarcane burn-off is increasing and the air pollution it causes is affecting about 44 million residents for six months every year, according to the industry permanent secretary.
Newborn's body found on Chanthaburi beach
Post Reporters, Published on 31/08/2023
» CHANTHABURI - Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby whose dead body was found on a beach in Na Yai Am district.
Spanish chef faces murder charge in Phangan dismemberment case
Post Reporters, Published on 06/08/2023
» SURAT THANI: The Koh Samui Provincial Court has approved a police warrant for the arrest of a Spanish chef, suspected to have killed and dismembered the body of his Colombian surgeon lover in a hotel room on Koh Phangan island.