(March 21, 2025)—The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has responded to public outcry over the appalling state of Khlong Lot Wat Ratchanadda, a canal adjacent to City Hall, which social media users have depicted as being choked with rubbish and fouled with black water.

RECYCLING is the key to efficient waste-to-power incinerators and effective control of rubbish in Yokohama, officials in the Japanese city have stressed. Within three years the city cut its garbage by more than 38 per cent and closed down three waste incinerators due to the lower amount of waste.