Photo is of a "municipal" dump about 2kms from a group of villages and 10km from a large town.

 

It burns household waste, and possibly industrial waste, 24/7. There's no incinerator, chimney or pollution control. The waste is just burned on the ground where it is dumped.

 

Is that legal? If not, is there anything can be done to stop it (as if anyone would listen)?

Like a whole lot of things in this country, 'legally' and 'officially' it's supposed to be handled differently.

About doing anything to stop it - as a foreigner and guest in country, probably not much beyond setting a better example and spreading information around. Getting in local authorities faces, especially in rural areas, and without backing - that's a choice.

Come on, OP. You know the answer already.

6 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Come on, OP. You know the answer already.

True.....but it annoyed me so much this am i could help but post.....555

It's legal because it is a 4th world s-hole

FYI, monitors happen to exist at a world-wide scale which can be checked on a smartphone (but these do not currently count particles at nano size level):

 

https://www.iqair.com/th-en/thailand

 

 

This https://waqi.info/#/c/15.803/102.606/14.2z website currently shows the air quality about 2 km from my house as 19 yet we're surrounded by values of about 170, with 300 only 30 km away. 

 

I have to ask, is our local monitoring station broken?

 

EDIT - a few minutes after posting, the value had gone down to 4!

Edited February 8, 20242 yr by MartinL

Nothing says Isaan like the waff of plastic smoldering in the wind.