Saraburi: Raid on junk shop suspected of recycling used face masks

[webfact]

Raid on junk shop suspected of recycling used face masks

 

 

Public health officials and police raided a junk shop in Wiharn Daeng district of Thailand’s central province of Saraburi today and seized tens of thousands used and recycled face masks.

 

According to Mr. Somsak Kaewsena, Wiharn Daeng district chief officer, many used face masks were found in a washing machine, thousands more were laid out in the courtyard and many more recycled masks were waiting to be packed, apparently for resale.

 

Six men found working in the junk shop, with some separating the used masks to be washed and the others packing the recycled ones, were held for questioning. The owner of the junk shop reportedly told the district chief officer that she bought the used masks to extract the metal wire for smelting, but police suspect that she recycled them for resale because of the current shortage in the market.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/raid-on-junk-shop-suspected-of-recycling-used-face-masks/

 

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[bluesofa]

What will be the fine for wilfully facilitating the potential transmission a life-threatening virus?

Will 500 Baht and a wai cover it?

[smedly]

recycled hospital waste

 

and the two officials in the photo neither wearing a mask - oh wait there's one I'll just slip it on lol

 

they had smoothing irons in this place for the ones washed before being packaged - how hygienic 

 

 

[webfact]

Factory recycling used face masks as new raided in Saraburi

By THE NATION

 

 

A recycling factory that sold used face masks as new ones was raided by police in Saraburi province on Monday (March 2).

 

Somsak Kaewsena, Wihandaeng district chief officer, said that he and police officers from Wihandaeng Police Station raided a recycling factory in Nongsuong subdistrict following a tip-off that the facility illegally recycled used face masks.

 

Police found six workers sorting out used face masks and ironing them before folding them in boxes to look like new, unused ones. One of the workers reportedly told the police that they received used face masks from a dealer and therefore did not know the real origin.

 

 

“Workers said they got paid at Bt1 per piece, while they recycled around 300-400 masks per day per person,” said Samsak.

 

Officials seized all face masks and sent some samples to the Ministry of Commerce to investigate the origin. “I have also contacted Wihandaeng Public Health Office to press charges at the police station as a plaintiff against the factory, as its operation could jeopardise the health of people who buy the used face masks as well as those in the community near the factory,” added Somsak.

 

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383212

 

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[tifino]

Recycling!! 

 - RePackaging would be closer to what these opportunists were up to...

[JustAnotherHun]

Just another business model invented by a true Thai entrepreneur

[justin case]

profit out of sick people , by sick people (in the head)

[NCC1701A]

"Do you see one that has Hello Kitty on it? My daughter likes that."

[kotsak]

Thanks god at least they iron them.. ????

Edited March 3, 2020 by kotsak

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The owner of the junk shop reportedly told the district chief officer that she bought the used masks to extract the metal wire for smelting

That won't wash !!!!

[thequietman]

How much ya wanna bet, that they were sold to her from a local hospital? Of course, whomever sold them to her had no way of knowing that she would use them for this purpose! Or would they?

[wombat]

what are they doing thats against the law?

[sammieuk1]

Always recycle save the planet????

 

 

 

 

 

[silent]

3 hours ago, justin case said:

profit out of sick people , by sick people (in the head)

Speaking of that, let's hope they're allergic to to latex gloves

[marko kok prong]

Any used socks ,or condoms?

[White Christmas13]

That just proved the point what this country has become.

Money is god.

[Greyhat]

Here is one of them being caught red handed.

[DrTuner]

Well yeah. Not a bad idea to recycle, but they should be washed in heated water which many of the Thai washing machines do not use and blasted with a germicidal light.

Edited March 3, 2020 by DrTuner

[fruitman]

Put them in jail for some years, what an idiots...

[Vacuum]

On 3/3/2020 at 6:39 AM, Greyhat said:

Here is one of them being caught red handed.

They should check the muffler on that bike, looks noisy.