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Enforcement of rules against open burning stepped up
Online Reporters, Published on 21/01/2026
» The Pollution Control Department has ordered stepped-up surveillance of open burning as the seasonal risk of haze and dust pollution rises, according to director-general Surin Worakitthamrong.
Slow-burn incense used to start deniable, illegal cane fires
Makkawan Wannakul, Published on 18/01/2026
» CHAIYAPHUM - Sugar farmers are using bundled incense sticks as slow starters to illegally burn off cane trash in their fields when they are not there in a ploy to deny accountability for the resulting increase in air pollution.
Mitr Phol Advances Innovation with GenAI Talent
Published on 18/12/2025
» A long-standing commitment to innovation is being reinforced and extended to the next generation as creative ideas and emerging technologies take centre stage at Mitr Phol Group. Through the MITR Beyond Innovation Awards—an initiative that has encouraged employees for more than two decades to turn ideas into practical business solutions—the organisation has built a strong innovation culture. This focus is now expanding through the Mitr Phol YES Talent Camp, which has returned for its fourth year with an enhanced emphasis on generative artificial intelligence.
Mitr Phol boosts sustainability with fresh cane cutting
Published on 09/12/2025
» Mitr Phol Group, a global leader in sustainability within the food manufacturing industry, is moving forward with its promotion of fresh sugarcane cutting for the 2025/2026 crushing season through the “Let’s Green the Sugarcane” campaign. The campaign, inspired by the idea of a mantra for a sustainable beginning, encourages sugarcane growers to harvest clean, fresh-cut sugarcane to help build a healthier and more sustainable environment.
PM tells northern governors to make air pollution fight a priority
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/12/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the governors of all provinces in northern Thailand to tackle seasonal air pollution, while signalling flexibility on work-from-home arrangements for government employees.
Bangkok ‘ready for the haze season’
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/10/2025
» Air quality in the capital during the annual haze season should be more manageable than in previous years, following the introduction of measures to control pollution caused by large vehicles, says the Bangkok governor.
Teen boy reaped, killed by sugarcane harvester
News, Online Reporters, Published on 12/02/2025
» KAMPAENGPHET – A 15-year-old boy taking a nap in a sugarcane field was unknowingly scooped up, chopped and killed by a giant harvester on Tuesday.
Tackling roots of PM2.5 air pollution in Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/02/2025
» Haze pollution was a chronic problem nationwide, long before the capital was blanketed in PM2.5 pollutants over the past few weeks.
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.
Alarm sounds over haze
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/01/2025
» The government has announced urgent measures to combat the PM2.5 pollution crisis, including offering free bus and electric train rides and asking private companies to allow employees to work from home.