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Renewed focus on plastic waste
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/12/2023
» Thailand is pushing ahead with projects to reduce plastic waste as it struggles to reduce sea pollution, especially after efforts slowed during the pandemic.
Breaking down a great idea
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 26/11/2022
» The easing of the pandemic was not only good for the economy, but also a campaign against single-use plastic bags and styrofoam containers.
BPE puts bourse listing back on the front burner
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/10/2022
» Biodegradable Packaging for Environment (BPE), a Thai manufacturer of food and beverage containers made from agricultural refuse, has resumed a plan to list the company on the stock market as it continues to expand its packaging business.
We need new weapons against packaging waste
Asia focus, Simon Baldwin, Published on 16/05/2022
» Last month, researchers found microplastics -- small, microscopic pieces of plastic fragments -- within human lungs for the first time. This comes on the heels of news that microplastics were found in human blood, which may travel around the body and enter organs.
Plastic fantastic in reverse
Published on 20/04/2022
» Great news for Mae Nam Chao Phraya river-lovers. Soon they will no longer have to pretend not to notice that the old girl has a bit of a beauty problem. She’s been breaking out in unsightly and polluting plastic and Styrofoam spots for too long. Worse, it all ends up in the ocean where it takes approx. 450 years to break down, impacting marine life and potentially human health.
A heady 12 months
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 25/12/2019
» The clock is ticking down to the year-end, and the Bangkok Post's Business section has selected the top events of 2019.
Cancer in the workplace: Integrative and preventive healthcare
Ezree Ebrahim, Published on 12/11/2019
» Cancer is no longer a death sentence. There are several ways to prevent, manage and even cure a disease that is rapidly increasing in prevalence. Knowing and understanding the disease can help take preventive steps or choosing the right curative path.
Wasting away
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Lamonphet Apisitniran & Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 16/09/2019
» Plastic is omnipresent in Thailand. It's found everywhere, from luxury shopping malls to 7-Eleven convenience stores, on almost every street corner and beneath the skin of some individuals. It's even inside the stomachs of much marine life.
Retailers to stop handing out plastics
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/09/2019
» Giant retailers, plastic manufacturing titans, and department stores reached an agreement on Friday to stop handing out single-use plastic bags to customers starting early next year.
TDRI wants waste on agenda
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/08/2019
» Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has urged the government to include waste management as part of the national agenda and proposed the government ban foam usage and make consumers pay for plastic shopping bags.