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Activists decry plastic ban loopholes
The recent ban on single-use plastic bags at major retailers created a stir for consumers and businesses, with social media abuzz with workarounds such as shoppers using wheelbarrows and stockings to carry off their 7-Eleven hauls.But is this step enough to reduce Thailand’s massive plastic ...
Govt backs 'No Plastic' push
The cabinet has given the greenlight to a “No Plastic” campaign which will start on Jan 1 next year ahead of a ban on single-use plastic bags in 2021.Speaking after the cabinet meeting in Kanchanaburi on Tuesday, Government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat said the cabinet has ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Collaboration Key to Ending Plastic Waste
Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa’s asking 43 giant retailers, major plastic manufacturers and leading department stores to stop handing out single-use plastic bags starting January next year is a game changer in Thailand’s ongoing campaign to end plastic waste.Keep reading ...
Atiya Achakulwisut
Thailand to ban three kinds of plastic by end of this year
By the end of 2019 Thailand will be free from three types of plastic – microbeads, cap seals and oxo-degradable plastics.Then by 2022 four other types of single-use plastics will also be banned – lightweight plastic bags less than 36 microns thick; styrofoam food containers ...
