Officials mull waste management policies in Phuket
Phuket Gazette


Waste management in Phuket is centralized in Phuket Town at the Saphan Hin incinerators. Photo: Saran Mitrara

PHUKET: -- In an effort to improve waste management on the island, Phuket officials are working toward implementing more efficient rubbish disposal policies.

"Waste management in Phuket is centralized in Phuket Town at the Saphan Hin incinerators. Currently, they are only able to handle up to 700 tonnes per day," Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupana said.

Mayor Somjai noted that the amount of waste in Phuket is now increasing 7.3 per cent annually, mainly due to the influx of tourists each year.

“We are aiming to reduce that to five per cent by separating waste at its source. Each subdistrict should separate the waste into green bins for food items, blue bins for foam and yellow bins for plastic waste, before sending it to the central facility to be incinerated,” she added.

“We have been allocated 530 million baht in this year’s budget for renovating an incinerator that has been offline for nearly three years (story here) and aim to find a contractor by March so that the project can be finished by 2018.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2016-01-11

The guys who check through our bins many times each day for recycling items seem to go a very efficient job.

The guys who check through our bins many times each day for recycling items seem to go a very efficient job.

Same over here.