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	He said 885,995 of them were made of environmentally friendly degradable materials.</div>
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	Sukhumbhand said BMA officials started retrieving the floats at 8pm Thursday and finished the job at 4 am Friday.</div>
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	Klong Toey district saw the highest number of retrieved krathongs with 35,562 of them collected, Sukhumbhand added.</div>
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BMA retrieves more than 982,000 krathong floats

<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

BMA retrieves more than 982,000 krathong floats

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Friday retrieved 982,064 krathong floats from 29 Bangkok parks, the Chao Phraya River and canals in the capital, BMA Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra announced.

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