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Plastic reduction efforts 'a success'

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) says the first year of the country’s effort to reduce plastic waste has been successful and has received cooperation from the business sector. “Our plan to reduce plastic waste is in its early steps and voluntary, but we received strong ...

Apinya Wipatayotin

Study: Thais ready for 5G provider jump

Half of smartphone users in Thailand would switch mobile operators within six months to one that offered 5G wireless services if their own provider did not offer technology, accordiing to a recent report.Some 40% of respondents expect Thailand to switch to 5G within the next ...

Komsan Tortermvasana

Lilly, Thailand’s Greta Thunberg, is Fighting Single-Use Plastic

Through the power of petitioning, one 11-year-old girl is doing more to save Thailand’s environment than perhaps most of the country combined.Since she was 8, Ralyn “Lilly” Satidtanasarn has been meeting with mall executives to demand reductions in single-use plastic waste. Central Group’s recent decision ...

Asaree Thaitrakulpanich

IUU fishing is a crime issue, says Prawit

Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon on Wednesday called on the United Nations to make Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing an environmental crime. “Thailand is proud of its success in tackling IUU. We hope to see further international cooperation in dealing with the issue. ...

Apinya Wipatayotin

Push to certify sustainable destinations

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has teamed up with the state-run Designated Areas Sustainable Tourism Administration (Dasta) and Mae Fah Luang University to develop experts in sustainable destination assessment. The collaboration marks a significant step for the global body in Asean, where Indonesia and ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

UN agencies urge stronger efforts to stop illegal fishing

Major United Nations agencies are urging major fishing nations to join efforts to fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as an activist warns that Thai vessels are being registered overseas to bypass the kingdom’s tough new laws.Keep reading ...

Fire at Laem Chabang raises questions about the EEC

The recent fire on a container ship at Laem Chabang Port has raised concerns over the environmental impact of the Laem Chabang Phase 3 expansion, which is designed to link with the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) mega project.“The current environmental problem has not been effectively ...

Government assures IUU measures

The government has assured that IUU measures have been taken properly and advised a political party to thoroughly check out information pertaining to the issue.Keep watching ...

EEC-area residences see sales rates rise

A decrease in new residential supply launched in three key eastern provinces in the second half of last year helped improve the average sales rate in the location to over 70%. Vichai Viratkapan, acting director-general of the Real Estate Information Center (REIC), said housing demand ...

Kanana Katharangsiporn

EU agrees to let Thailand negotiate export quotas

The European Union (EU) has agreed to allow Thailand to negotiate its export quota for 31 products, said Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Department of Trade Negotations. Keep reading ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

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