BMA defends purchase of trash bins
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Thursday insisted the 35,000 rubbish bins it has purchased for Bt70 million were "good value for money" because each Bangkok resident disposed of approximately 1.2 kilograms of refuse per day.
Each day as much as 9,700 tonnes of household rubbish, 1.4 tonnes of hazardous waste and 24 tonnes of medical waste from hospitals accumulated in Bangkok, said BMA Environment Office chief Banjong Sukdee.
He said the public needed to be made aware that only small items of garbage were to be disposed in the new 85-litre, white plastic bins, which have been placed along footpaths on primary and secondary roads.
These receptacles are different from the 240-litre rubbish bins in three colours (green for household garbage, yellow for recyclable garbage and orange for hazardous waste), which are too big to be placed on footpaths, he said.
