Showing 71 - 80 of 5,806
Fantastic plastic irony
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/08/2019
» Unwanted plastic toys now find new lives and meaning at an exhibition by Hiroshi Fuji, a Japanese artist who turned these colourful plastics into sculptures of dinosaurs.
Stop plastic menace
News, Postbag, Published on 01/09/2019
» Single use plastics are a huge menace for the environment and all communities. The unprecedented death rate of dugongs in the Trang region this year with ingestion of marine plastic waste a major culprit highlights the impact of plastic pollution entering our waterways and the food chain.
Blasting the plastic
News, Postbag, Published on 26/11/2019
» Sirinya Wattanasukchai, in her Nov 22 commentary, "Food apps trade convenience for plastic waste", drove home another way we are drowning ourselves in a plastic sea -- by using food apps.
Drowning in plastic
Life, Steve Van Beek, Published on 31/12/2018
» Early morning on a bank of the Chao Phraya River in Nakhon Sawan province, the shore is covered by three-dozen brightly coloured kayaks, support teams, city officials, volunteers from several civic organisations, and two-dozen eager kids the older kayakers help put on life vests.
Drowning in plastic
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 25/01/2021
» Last January, Thailand kicked off the year and a new decade with the ban on single-use plastic bags, initially adopted by department and convenience stores as well as some other retailers, who would no longer provide customers with the plastic bags in order to lessen the environmental impact.
Fantastic plastic fashion
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 26/01/2021
» Each year, Indorama Ventures collects used PET plastic bottles for its recycling process.
Drowning in plastic
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 07/04/2021
» Human consumption of plastics has long been labelled a major cause of today's environmental problems. To raise awareness about this issue and focus on its real cause, Warin Lab Contemporary is hosting its inaugural art installation titled "Swamped" by four multidisciplinary artists -- Thanawat Maneenawa (assemblage), Ploenchan Vinyaratn (textiles), Taweesak Molsawat (sculpture and performance) and Note Panayanggool (sound) -- on display at the 100-year-old building on Charoen Krung 36.
Make plastic fantastic
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/08/2021
» As medical personnel and hospitals around Thailand are still fighting the shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits, Less Plastic Thailand and its alliances are now inviting people to donate used PET bottles that can be recycled and transformed into the much-needed PPE suits.
Drowning in plastic
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/03/2022
» Re: "Time to tackle plastic", (Editorial, March 2).
The plastic problem
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 18/07/2022
» Last week I was at a shopping centre, where I had a quick lunch at the food court. After enjoying the meal, I had to dump two plastic food bags for the sticky rice and grilled chicken skewers, and a single-use plastic bag that carried them.