Phetchaburi to have first waste-to-energy plant

PHETCHABURI, 27 June 2016 (NNT) – Public and private agencies have taken part in the laying of a foundation stone to launch the first waste-to-energy plant in Phetchaburi.

Located in Tha Yang District, the plant will serve as the center of waste management for five districts, namely Tha Yang, Muang, Ban Lad, Ban Laem and Kaeng Krachan. Deputy Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of the Interior Prateep Kiratilekha presided over the foundation stone laying ceremony.

The plant is expected to solve garbage problems in Phetchaburi. Faced by budget and facility shortages, the coastal province currently stores around 1.2 million tons of untreated waste, the fifth highest in the country.

The plant is a joint project between WPGE Phetchaburi Co., Ltd. and Italian-Thai Development PLC. It is due to begin operating in early 2018. Apart from reducing the mountain of garbage, it is hoped that the plant will also help improve the livelihoods of nearby communities.
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-- NNT 2016-06-27

End of pipe solution. The volume of waste generated needs to be reduced. The amount of recyclable materials used needs to be increased and non-recyclables reduced. Just burning mixed waste is not a sustainable solution.

End of pipe solution. The volume of waste generated needs to be reduced. The amount of recyclable materials used needs to be increased and non-recyclables reduced. Just burning mixed waste is not a sustainable solution.

The problem is if you take out all the recyclables, there's not much left with calorific value as a fuel. Remember reading a waste to energy plant in India, gift from one of the Scand. countries IIRC, with exactly that problem. Quite a few years ago, I admit.

End of pipe solution. The volume of waste generated needs to be reduced. The amount of recyclable materials used needsctyruyeEt to be increased and non-recyclables reduced. Just burning mixed waste is not a sustainable solution.

The problem is if you take out all the recyclables, there's not much left with calorific value as a fuel. Remember reading a waste to energy plant in India, gift from one of the Scand. countries IIRC, with exactly that problem. Quite a few years ago, I admit.

Yes, that can happen, but if most of the "veg" is composted - not much of a campaign for that in Thailand. That would leave the majority of the waste plastic food containers - which are not really suitable for recycling - and meat containing food waste. Outside of the likes of BKK and Pattaya paper waste doesn't really present too much of a problem. I've no idea about the plastic waste situation in India, but I would hope it was better than here, especially a few years ago, but then again they may be catching up rapidly.