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I en artikel i The Nation tar en skribent upp dom styrandes satsning på att importera sopor ifrån utlandet, skribenten ser stora risker med detta och befarar negativ påverkan på miljön både vid förbränningen och när den mycket giftiga askan ska slutförvaras.
Thailand becoming ‘garbage bin of world’
nationalJune 11, 2018 04:00
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION
Waste policies encourage wrong choices; reducing, reusing and recycling should come first, say environmentalists.
EXPERTS on waste management and environmental protection are warning that Thailand could become the garbage bin of the world, as the government’s policies to promote the waste-to-energy industry have already resulted in plastic waste imports to the Kingdom.
Ecological Alert and Recovery Thailand director Penchom Saetang said the country’s recent waste management trends run counter to correct waste management methods. The government’s current path will prevent a proper solution to waste management problems and unintentionally lead to waste from other countries being dumped in Thailand, she said.
Penchom singled out for criticism the promotion of private investment in small waste-to-energy projects across the country.
“Waste-to-energy is one of the most polluting methods for both waste management and power generation, because not only will burning garbage emit toxic pollutants, but the leftover ashes are also very hazardous and require very careful disposal in a secured landfill. And so building many small waste-to-energy plants is a very bad decision,” Penchom said. “I do not contest the advantages of waste-to-energy, as it is one of the acceptable measures to deal with unrecyclable waste, but we should have only a few big waste-to-energy plants that are properly equipped with all pollution control measures.”
Highlighting her concern over the small size of the waste-to-energy projects now being promoted by the government, Penchom said it was not cost-effective for the investors to install expensive pollution-control systems.
They are forced to reduce the money spent on environmental protection in order to keep their investment profitable.
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I en artikel i The Nation tar en skribent upp dom styrandes satsning på att importera sopor ifrån utlandet, skribenten ser stora risker med detta och befarar negativ påverkan på miljön både vid förbränningen och när den mycket giftiga askan ska slutförvaras.
Thailand becoming ‘garbage bin of world’
nationalJune 11, 2018 04:00
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION
Waste policies encourage wrong choices; reducing, reusing and recycling should come first, say environmentalists.
EXPERTS on waste management and environmental protection are warning that Thailand could become the garbage bin of the world, as the government’s policies to promote the waste-to-energy industry have already resulted in plastic waste imports to the Kingdom.
Ecological Alert and Recovery Thailand director Penchom Saetang said the country’s recent waste management trends run counter to correct waste management methods. The government’s current path will prevent a proper solution to waste management problems and unintentionally lead to waste from other countries being dumped in Thailand, she said.
Penchom singled out for criticism the promotion of private investment in small waste-to-energy projects across the country.
“Waste-to-energy is one of the most polluting methods for both waste management and power generation, because not only will burning garbage emit toxic pollutants, but the leftover ashes are also very hazardous and require very careful disposal in a secured landfill. And so building many small waste-to-energy plants is a very bad decision,” Penchom said. “I do not contest the advantages of waste-to-energy, as it is one of the acceptable measures to deal with unrecyclable waste, but we should have only a few big waste-to-energy plants that are properly equipped with all pollution control measures.”
Highlighting her concern over the small size of the waste-to-energy projects now being promoted by the government, Penchom said it was not cost-effective for the investors to install expensive pollution-control systems.
They are forced to reduce the money spent on environmental protection in order to keep their investment profitable.
Läs hela artikeln här: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30347404
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