Pollution and waste

Smog returned to Bangkok with PM 2.5 dust exceeding safe levels at seven monitoring stations on Tuesday morning, up to 57 microgrammes per cubic metre of air.The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s environment office reported tha levels of particulate matter 2.5 microns or less in diameter (PM2.5) ...

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) will launch a campaign to monitor wastewater in some government buildings across the country early next year.Pralong Damrongthai, director-general of the PCD, told media the project is a response to the 60% increase of wastewater discharged from government office buildings.Keep ...

The government has sought help from 230,000 environmental volunteers in its campaign to help reduce the scourge of plastic waste in the country.“These volunteers will act as a good model [for conservation] and alert people to the crisis,” permanent secretary for natural resources and environment ...

An investment fund targeted at waste management and recycling projects in Asia was launched Wednesday by a Singapore-based capital fund management firm, backed by some of the world’s biggest consumer products and chemical makers.The Circulate Capital Ocean Fund is the world’s first investment fund focusing ...

Marine Debris is an important trans-boundary issue, but how have Thailand and ASEAN been addressing this challenging problem?  NBT World recently had an opportunity to talk to the Natural Resources and Environment Minister about it. Keep watching ...

The Pollution Control Department says over 50% of businesses are ignoring orders regarding the discharge of wastewater into Klong Saen Saeb. The canal connects Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river with the central Thailand provinces of Prachinburi and Chachoengsao.The Nation reports that between 2016 and 2019, over ...

A wild deer was found dead after swallowing 7kg of plastic bags and other trash in Thailand, an official said on Tuesday (Nov 26), raising the alarm on waste littering the country’s waters and forests.The country is one of the world’s largest consumers of plastic, ...

Thailand’s ranking among the 20 biggest marine plastic polluters has improved by four places, from sixth to tenth, as ranked by Mass of Mismanaged Plastic Waste.The permanent secretary for natural resources and environment says the improvement is largely thanks to government initiatives and the efforts ...

There is no way of putting it, say leading academics, other than that this government is ill-equipped to stop the air pollution crisis from spiralling out of control. Despite proclamations, like Natural Resources and Environment Minister Warawut Silpa-archa’s goal to solve the PM2.5 problem by ...

The top official at the Public Health Ministry and ministry administrators held a video conference with physicians in provincial public health centres nationwide to be prepared and monitor the health impact of PM2.5 dust particles, which usually increase in December every year.The video conference was ...