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Thamonwan Virodchaiyan, who ran a textile factory that produced PPE suits.

Thailand’s Covid-19 battle generated a whopping 178 tonnes of infectious waste per day in April, the government revealed on Thursday.

With most people working from home, plastic waste in Bangkok has risen by 60 per cent, while the food-delivery business has increased by 200 per cent nationwide, the Thailand Environment Institute (TEI) reported recently.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has collected a total of 547.93 tonnes of infectious wastes from April 1 to May 5.

The Pollution Control Department has outlined steps for proper disposal of non-reusable sanitary face masks. The guidelines come in the wake of soaring domestic usage due to the new wave of Covid-19 in Thailand since December.

The Phu Kradueng National Park is inviting tourists to join locals in its garbage recovery programme.

Two-metre waves in the Gulf of Thailand have forced fishermen in Nakhon Si Thammarat province to evacuate the area while foreign waste is being swept ashore.

The waste sector in Brunei Darussalam accounts for only 0.001 per cent of the total greenhouse gases emission, though the country’s waste generation is the highest in the ASEAN region.

The Department of Health on Monday (April 13) reassured the public that infectious waste generated by Covid-19 patients and quarantined individuals is being disposed of safely.

Bangkok Governor Pol General Aswin Kwanmuang handed out personal protective equipment to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) cleaning personnel today (March 24) to reduce the risk of exposure to germs and increase operational safety.

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand has launched a pilot project on waste monitoring, aiming to reduce illegal disposal of industrial waste in Thailand, Porntep Puripatana, the deputy governor of special affairs, said.