"electronic waste"

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has refuted reports that Thailand is an international dumping ground for plastic waste, saying importation of plastic scrap will be banned within 5 years.

Nearly 100 security officials inspecting a site in Sa Kaew on Sunday where a mountain of industrial and electronic waste has been dumped found 41 undocumented Cambodian workers separating the trash amid piles of car parts.

The Customs Department has implemented urgent measures to prevent smuggling of electronic and plastic waste into the country after Bt17.5 million worth of the waste shipments were intercepted, the department chief said.

Provincial Administration Department director-general Arthit Boonyasophat has instructed all district chiefs to dispatch teams led by kamnans (tambon officials) and village heads to check electronic waste-recycling factories.

Laws concerning e-waste imports must be strictly enforced, and offenders held to account.

Chinese investors suspected of dumping electronic waste in Thailand