Waste Disposal And Recycling

[billzant]

I am interested in learning more about the waste disposal system in Thailand. I know little. On the road opposite my house are yellow dustbins. Most days a dustbin truck comes and collects the rubbish. I am interested in knowing what happens to it from there.

At the beach where I often go, the restaurant owner has a huge string net in which she collects plastic bottles. Is this part of a recycling system? I can ask her (in broken Thai) but I would like a bit of an understanding of the overall process so that I might be able to understand some of her answer.

[Thaddeus]

It's very simple.

If you can sell it, it's recyclable. If you can't, it's torched or left to blow around the country.

[Soutpeel]

It's very simple.

If you can sell it, it's recyclable. If you can't, it's torched or left to blow around the country.

Or thrown in a klong...

[Heng]

The good folks at Wongpanich take care of quite a bit of it each year.

[zzaa09]

I just love the smell of burning plastic in the morning.

Smells like....

[billzant]

The good folks at Wongpanich take care of quite a bit of it each year.

Thanks Heng. Downloaded an interesting powerpoint on their recycling plant. A friend told me that plastic bottles are collected, sold and become fleece jackets?

Wongpanich clearly shows that recycling is profitable, can there be more?