6 Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon launched a campaign for plastic recycling to mark the World Environment Day on June 5.
4 BANGKOK, Jan 13 (TNA) — An opinion survey has found that most people agree with the government and the private sector’s joint effort to ban single-use plastic bags. The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) conducted the survey on 1,262 people. Of the respondents, 57.69% said they gladly supported the ban that would help reduce […]
5 The Pollution Control Department collected more than 3 tons of electronic waste from people in greater Bangkok in only about two weeks last month.
3 The government’s policy for stores to stop giving away single-use plastic bags can negatively affect small and medium-sized plastic bag producers
3 Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon presided over the “Seven Day Say Goodbye to Plastic Bags” event ahead of Jan 1, 2020
4 Seventy-five shops will stop handing out single-use plastic shopping bags from Jan 1, 2020, onwards, the Thai Retailers Association has announced.
9 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expressed his sorrow on the death of baby dugong Marium, blaming it on plastic waste,
3 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government planned to end the use of plastic bags thinner than 36 microns, Styrofoam food containers
11 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment organized an event at the IMPACT convention and exhibition complex
5 Kasetsart University has joined forces with a private firm in producing a degradable product which could store food
2 The Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Thai Hotels Association launch a campaign for member hotels to reduce their use of single-use plastics.
12 CP All PCL says its campaign against the use of plastic bags at its 7-Eleven convenience stores has reduced the use of plastic bags by about 100 million bags
