Thailand to stop all foreign plastic waste imports by 2021 following Malaysia, Vietnam

21 November 2018
Foodnavigator Asia
Solid waste
foreign plastic / waste imports / waste management

Thailand will ban all plastic waste imports by 2021, making it the latest country in South east Asia to take policy-level action against a rising influx of foreign plastic scraps, much of which comes from food and beverage packaging.

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