Alarm sounded over Covid waste at home
The government’s home isolation measures for Covid-19 patients are causing concern over the growing amount of infectious waste they are generating, including discarded face masks and used antigen test kits, as the waste threatens the environment, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Serious action to separate infectious waste from general garbage is demanded by the FTI as it prepares to meet government officials, businesspeople and experts on Sept 8 to jointly find ways to cope with the problem, said Apiphop Phungchaikul, vice-chairman of the FTI’s Plastic Industry Club.
Lamonphet Apisitniran
