260,000 tonnes of electronic and plastic trash imported in 5 months

[snoop1130]

260,000 tonnes of electronic and plastic trash imported in 5 months 

 

 

About 260,000 tonnes of trash, including 52,200 tonnes of electronic trash, were imported into Thailand during the January-May period this year compared to 116,000 tonnes imported for the whole of last year, said Customs Department spokesman Mr Chaiyuth Khamkhun.

 

He attributed the substantial increase of imported wastes, especially from China, to the Chinese government’s ban on the importation of electronic trash and plastic trash for recycling.

 

In anticipation of the rising trend of electronic trash and plastic trash to be imported from China and Hong Kong, Mr Chaiyuth said that a joint working group of the Customs and Industrial Works departments had decided to adopt six  measures under the Basel Convention to control import of the two types of trash especially from China, which include the requirement that all containers of imported trash be X-rayed instead of random check as was the case in the past.

 

Full Story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/260000-tonnes-electronic-plastic-trash-imported-5-months/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-6-14

[mok199]

sad whats happening to this once great paradise

Edited June 14, 2018 by mok199
speliings

[doremifasol]

I would like to swear and break the rules on TV so bad!

[sweatalot]

that kind of import should be stopped immidiately and those responsible should be punished, not only stripped of their ill gotten money.

If this is not a reason to use Prayuths §44 - then what is?

Edited June 14, 2018 by sweatalot

[Oziex1]

Another nice little earner for someone and the publicity will likely mean a distribution of brown envelopes required to keep it going. 

[Dave67]

Thailand Electronic and Plastic Trash Hub

[Cadbury]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

260,000 tonnes of electronic and plastic trash imported in 5 months 

This could be another world record of the wrong sort coming up for Thailand.

And all of this on PM Prayut Chan-o-cha's 4 year watch. The Hub of Asian trash is something the junta can be proud of. 

[happy chappie]

Thailand can't even sort its own trash problem out let alone other countries..as we all know,where there's muck there's money so not much is going to happen apart from the cake of corruption being divided a bit more.

[janclaes47]

The same happened in African countries 20 years ago, so we can now conclude that Thailand is even 20 years behind African countries.

[YTP]

Worked in the logistics and transport sector here previously.  Lots of envelope passing in customs clearance for all kinds of goods.  That was many years ago though.

 

Ever since that bust on the illegal recycling plant, there has been growing awareness to this issue, which is a start.

 

I am well aware of problems created by trash locally, but it never crossed my mind that trash importing is big business here.

[ChrisY1]

Much of this is Customs fault....the balance of fault is with the people that allow Chinese business people to continue a dangerous practice.

The government is a useless enterprise and managed disgracefully.

 

[stud858]

9 hours ago, YTP said:

Worked in the logistics and transport sector here previously.  Lots of envelope passing in customs clearance for all kinds of goods.  That was many years ago though.

 

Ever since that bust on the illegal recycling plant, there has been growing awareness to this issue, which is a start.

 

I am well aware of problems created by trash locally, but it never crossed my mind that trash importing is big business here.

I think they extract a lot of gold from some of the electronics. CPU pins etc The plastics I hope will end up in floor boards or whatever.  This could be a wonderful thing.  But, I know,  not likely. 

[Juan B Tong]

Electric products in, e-trash out?

 

[lazygourmet]

1 hour ago, Juan B Tong said:

Electric products in, e-trash out?

 

 

[BuaBS]

260,000 tonnes of electronic and plastic trash imported in 5 months 

 

Am I the only one who doesn't believe this number ? 260.000 tons ? Super unlikely !

[colinneil]

9 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

260,000 tonnes of electronic and plastic trash imported in 5 months 

 

Am I the only one who doesn't believe this number ? 260.000 tons ? Super unlikely !

Somebody probably stuck an extra zero on to make the story more newsworthy.

[BuaBS]

11 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Somebody probably stuck an extra zero on to make the story more newsworthy.

An extra zero or two .

[SteveB2]

Some math for you...

 

According to the OP, 260,000 tons of plastic & Electronic waste were imported in the first 5 months of 2018 (January to end of May is 151 days) 

The represents a daily influx of 260,000/151 = 1,722 tons

 

A 40ft shipping container can hold 27.6 ton  ( Ref: http://www.dsv.com/sea-freight/sea-container-description/dry-container )

So the daily influx represents 1,722/27.6 = 62.4 containers.

 

This is a tiny number of containers from the thousands being moved on & off ships every day throughout Thailand.

Bear in mind, that a single container ship can transport thousands of containers. 

(Ref: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.SHP.GOOD.TU?year_high_desc=true)

 

In 2014 and 2015, the United Kingdom alone exported 500,000 tonnes of plastic waster to China and Hong Kong out of 800,000 tons of waste exported world wide.

Thus the United Kingdom alone exported 208,000 tons of waste to China & Hong Kong, who are no accepting waste (Ref: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-42456584_

 

Thus the figures quoted in the article posted by the OP are reasonable and within the the bounds of figures published by government sources.  

 

[Cake Monster]

There is far too much money at stake in the recycling of E Trash for the practice to cease.

Not just for the brown envelopes enjoyed by Thai officials, but for all the Rare Earth Materials. Gold and Platinum Etc that every Phone,  Computer and other Electronic Devices have inside them.

Properly regulated and with controls put on the waste products from this Industry this could be a very lucrative Industry for Thailand .

But as we all know , neither controls or Legislation matter a jot in Thailand 

 

 

[BuaBS]

5 hours ago, SteveB2 said:

Some math for you...

 

According to the OP, 260,000 tons of plastic & Electronic waste were imported in the first 5 months of 2018 (January to end of May is 151 days) 

The represents a daily influx of 260,000/151 = 1,722 tons

 

A 40ft shipping container can hold 27.6 ton  ( Ref: http://www.dsv.com/sea-freight/sea-container-description/dry-container )

So the daily influx represents 1,722/27.6 = 62.4 containers.

 

This is a tiny number of containers from the thousands being moved on & off ships every day throughout Thailand.

Bear in mind, that a single container ship can transport thousands of containers. 

(Ref: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.SHP.GOOD.TU?year_high_desc=true)

 

In 2014 and 2015, the United Kingdom alone exported 500,000 tonnes of plastic waster to China and Hong Kong out of 800,000 tons of waste exported world wide.

Thus the United Kingdom alone exported 208,000 tons of waste to China & Hong Kong, who are no accepting waste (Ref: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-42456584_

 

Thus the figures quoted in the article posted by the OP are reasonable and within the the bounds of figures published by government sources.  

 

I still don't believe it .

[Maybole]

And I cannot find a place to safely dispose of a dead Li-ion laptop battery.

[MyFriend You]

On 6/14/2018 at 8:24 PM, janclaes47 said:

The same happened in African countries 20 years ago, so we can now conclude that Thailand is even 20 years behind African countries.

Right don't get caught throwing away a printer in Pretoria with a toner cartridge left in it, hefty fine for that one.  The US Embassy was fined $14,000 for throwing about a dozen printers in the trash about three years ago.

Edited June 16, 2018 by TunnelRat69

[janclaes47]

On 6/15/2018 at 5:48 PM, BuaBS said:

I still don't believe it .

Maybe time for a holiday at the Nile.