Tips for recycling and reducing plastic use in Thailand

[Dannie Boy]

We bought a couple of donuts yesterday. They put then in a brown paper bag. And then... you can guess.

And then...........you ate them?

[Nereus]

If there was any sincerity involved by the big retailers then why not have their reusable bags on sale at the check outs?

Villa Market do have them at the check out, but it is too much of an effort for the staff to ask: "would you like a reusable bag"? More so yesterday when it was "allegedly" a plastic free day!

The plain brown paper bag I was given yesterday does not have any company name or logo on it.
Can't have that can we? Must have advertising on it!

[hhinner]

We bought a couple of donuts yesterday. They put then in a brown paper bag. And then... you can guess.

And then...........you ate them?

Yep. After removing from the plastic bag and paper bag.

[Dannie Boy]

If there was any sincerity involved by the big retailers then why not have their reusable bags on sale at the check outs?

Villa Market do have them at the check out, but it is too much of an effort for the staff to ask: "would you like a reusable bag"? More so yesterday when it was "allegedly" a plastic free day!

The plain brown paper bag I was given yesterday does not have any company name or logo on it.
Can't have that can we? Must have advertising on it!

Under the big pile of paper bags at VM yesterday, they also had a pile of reusable blue bags and although they were only 20 Baht, they were not very big or very strong, so IMO, not suitable to encourage people to switch from plastic. Although they are five times the price, the reusable bags on sale at Makro are about double the size and much, much stronger - I’m expecting them to last for many years.

[handdrummer]

the reusable bags on sale at Makro are about double the size and much, much stronger - I’m expecting them to last for many years.

They last me about 1 to 1/2 yrs., depending on how much stuff and how heavy it is, that I put in it.

[PeteC]

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Thailand to junk three kinds of plastic by end of this year


End of this year, Thailand will be free from three types of plastic – microbeads, cap seals and oxo-degradable plastics – and from four other types of single-use plastics by 2022, according to a road map that got the Cabinet’s initial nod on Tuesday.

The Plastic Waste Management Road Map 2018-2030 also included an ambitious plan for Thailand to use 100 per cent recycled plastic by 2027 in various forms, including turning waste into energy, Assistant Government Spokesman Colonel Athisit Chainuwat said.

The four single-use plastics to be rid of by 2022 are: lightweight plastic bags less than 36 microns thick; styrofoam food containers for takeaways; plastic cups and plastic straws – with the exception of those who still need to use them such as the elderly, patients and children.

The Cabinet on Tuesday acknowledged the road map and assigned the Natural Resource and Environment Ministry to ormulate a draft action plan for plastic waste management, so it is in line with the 20-year national strategy, he said.

The Cabinet also called for clear details on related agencies’ role in the integration of the work for managing plastic waste, which will also get huge participation from the private and business sectors. The related state agencies should create various mechanisms to propel this forward such as creating a good understanding among agencies, continuously implementing a public relations campaign via social media to achieve the set goals, the Cabinet instructed.

The work procedure must consider lifecycle plastic-waste management so steps are taken from the very start: with plastic products designed applying the “Eco Design” approach, manufacturing and post-consumption disposal which will include garbage separation, transport and storing, recycling and proper disposal.

According to the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, Thais generate as much as 1.14 kilogram of garbage per head per day, contributing to the 27.04 million tonnes of waste per year.

One person uses approximately eight plastic bags a day – or 500 million plastic bags per day for the whole nation.

Most of the plastic waste ends up in the oceans, accounting for 16 per cent of garbage in the seas.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/ ... l/30367931

[Big Boy]

A typical military statement. I've told you to do it, so do it. I've no plan how you will achieve it though.

Looking at the products in question, retailers will be left with a hell of a lot of stock on their hands. Nice if it happens, but an impossible claim in my opinion.

[handdrummer]

In the meantime what about potable water and waste management/disposal? Drinkable water in our taps would eliminate millions of plastic water bottles and flushable toilet paper would eliminate millions of plastic bags used for disposing the paper.

[HHTel]

Potable mains water has been promised ever since I arrived here (20 years). To get that involves a massive project which probably will never happen.
On the other hand, you can buy water soluble toilet paper here. Certainly from Lazada/Alibaba. It is available in some of the larger supermarkets but you need to know which is which. It would be quite a simple task to phase out the non-soluble brands.

[Lost]

Thailand is ahead of the game in regards to toilet paper. Simply put, they don't need it.

Exhibit A:

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[handdrummer]

Thailand is ahead of the game in regards to toilet paper. Simply put, they don't need it.

Exhibit A:

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Right, I love walking around with a wet bum that becomes wet underpants.

[Lost]

Thailand is ahead of the game in regards to toilet paper. Simply put, they don't need it.

Exhibit A:

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Right, I love walking around with a wet bum that becomes wet underpants.

Hmmm, you may need a little more target practice.

Place two watermelons together in the garden and aim with a hose. Ideally, you only want to be hitting the area where the watermelons touch (essentially in the arse crack during a live-fire exercise) and not the watermelon's surface in its entirety.

[handdrummer]

Thailand is ahead of the game in regards to toilet paper. Simply put, they don't need it.

Exhibit A:

download.jpeg

Right, I love walking around with a wet bum that becomes wet underpants.

Hmmm, you may need a little more target practice.

Place two watermelons together in the garden and aim with a hose. Ideally, you only want to be hitting the area where the watermelons touch (essentially in the arse crack during a live-fire exercise) and not the watermelon's surface in its entirety.

Thank you, I'll picture your head between the watermelons and that should improve my aim.

[Lost]

Right, I love walking around with a wet bum that becomes wet underpants.

Hmmm, you may need a little more target practice.

Place two watermelons together in the garden and aim with a hose. Ideally, you only want to be hitting the area where the watermelons touch (essentially in the arse crack during a live-fire exercise) and not the watermelon's surface in its entirety.

Thank you, I'll picture your head between the watermelons and that should improve my aim.

[buksida]

THIS is how you burn trash in Thailand ...

Massive fire at Koh Samui incinerator
An incinerator caught fire on Koh Samui, off the coast of Surat Thani last night.

“That’s what incinerators are meant to do,” we hear you cry. But this one was totally out of control destroying the entire structure.

The Government Public Relation Department Region 5 reports that the fire started at the incinerator at 6pm last night. The fire spread across the facility, an area of 50 x 100 metres.

Seven fire units along with five water trucks arrived at the scene. Fire fighters took about four hours to get the fire under control.

Surat Thani Governor Wichawut Jintoe inspected the scene last night. No deaths or injuries were reported.

At this stage it is believed that the fire might have started from a combination of hot weather, festering garbage and the strong winds.

Forensic Police are on location today to investigate the cause of the big fire.

https://thethaiger.com/news/samui/massi ... ator-video