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PRESS RELEASE | 05 JUNE 2018

BANGKOK - The "Citizen Science Project" successfully enhanced the public participation for environmental and health protection in Thailand. Gold mining, contaminated water or inadequate worker rights shall no longer be serious issues in the sites targeted by the program. Local communities have achieved significant changes also thanks to the help of non-governmental organizations EARTH and Arnika, thus celebrating World Environment Day.

PRESS RELEASE 05 June 2018 | IPEN

INCINERATION IS NOT THE SOLUTION

Puerto Princesa City - At a press conference coinciding with the observance of the World Environment Day, environmental advocates from Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines made a strong case against waste-to-energy (WtE) incineration touted as a solution to the garbage crisis.

Organized by the Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC), EcoWaste Coalition and IPEN*, the press event shed light on the pitfalls of incinerating discards from an environmental, health and socio-economic standpoint.

AFP 05 June 2018

A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian "paradise" islands -- grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia.

About eight million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the world's oceans every year, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic being tipped into the sea every minute of every day.

Thai PBS 05 June 2018  

About 500 rubber planters will join members of a network of anti-hazardous substances organizations to rally in front of the Government House on Tuesday to protest against the continued use of three hazardous agro-chemicals, namely paraquat, chlorpyrifos and glyphosate.

The Nation 05 June 2018

Four factories lose licences, banned from importing e-waste for 10 years

THE INDUSTRY Ministry has suspended import licences of four companies found sending electronic waste to other factories that have no permission to handle the toxic material.

Bangkok Post 05 June 2018 | Apinya Wipatayotin

Plastic waste chokes ecological system

The death of a male short-finned pilot whale with a shocking number of plastic bags in its stomach in Songkhla province has sparked grave concerns about marine debris and the threat it poses to the marine ecological system.

Agence France-Presse 03 June 2018

Pilot whale was found barely alive in Thai canal and vomited up five bags during fruitless rescue attempts

A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, with rescuers failing to nurse the mammal back to health.

The Nation 02 June 2018 | KORNKAMOL AKSORNDECH

RAIDS on recycling plants and containers of plastics importers are being ramped up in the wake of a recent controversy over an e-waste operation.

Thai authorities yesterday intercepted 58 tonnes of compressed plastic garbage found in four huge containers at the Lat Krabang Industrial Estate in Bangkok, while the Customs Department was poised to punish Samut Sakhon-based Longluck Plastic and Metal Co for allegedly making a false declaration. 

Bangkok Post 01 June 2018 | Dumrongkiat Mala

Controls tighten on harmful shipments

The Department of Industrial Works (DIW) is considering banning recycling factories from importing certain types of e-waste that have negative impacts on the environment and communities.

The Nation 31 May 2018

THE SUPREME Court has issued arrest warrants for four suspects wanted in the long-running multibillion-baht Klong Dan corruption case while postponing the reading of its verdict to July 13.

Of the 19 suspects in this mega-fraud case, four failed to show up at yesterday’s scheduled reading of the top court’s verdict, which was postponed for the second time.