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Dialogue Forum 7 (in Thai): Thailand’s Hazardous Waste Situation and Efforts to Clear the “World’s Trash Bin”
29 October, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
In recent years, developments both inside and outside the country have prompted the country’s hazardous waste management to increasingly shoulder the burden as the waste has surged and scattered in a number of areas, especially where is designated as part of the Eastern Economic Corridor, the government’s grand industrial plan to gear the country towards the modern development of Thailand 4.0.
For instance, China has over the past few years closed the doors against imports of some waste for recycling in the country, resulting in the shift of the imports to other countries in Asia including Thailand despite the international agreement of Basel Convention to regulate transboundary waste transportation in place.
Recycling factories and landfills here have expanded from hundreds to thousands accordingly to take contaminated equipment imported and waste, whereas rules and regulations in place are too weak to cope with such the expansion, not yet to mention a number of existing factories which have already caused the environmental problems that are still unresolved.
The government’s economic development policies, meanwhile, have apparently exacerbated the situation as more and more economic activities are being promoted beyond the waste management capacity. At the same time, some of the state regulations have been loosened to facilitate such the development, which in turn have undermined the waste management further.
How Thailand can escape from the impacts of untidy hazardous waste management and contamination which is critically harmful to public health and the environment, and how it can elude the dubbed world’s trash bin is a challenging topic worth critical public discussion.
The Dialogue Forum, therefore, would cordially like to invite you to explore the sustainable path for the country’s hazardous waste management in this challenging time in its Dialogue Forum 7: Thailand’s Hazardous Waste Situation and Efforts to Clear the “World’s Trash Bin” at SEA-Junction, Room 408, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, on October 29, 2020 (1 pm-3.30 pm)
Contact:
Bangkok Tribune coordinator: Piya Wong @089 920 8027/ Bangkok Tribune News FB Messenger
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Partners
- Thai Society of Environmental Journalists
- Project SEVANA South-East Asia
- SEA-Junction
- Bangkok Tribune News Agency
Supported by: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Thailand Office)
Programme
| 1:00 PM | Registration |
| 1:25 PM | Brief introduction of the forum and the topic of the forum |
| 1:30 PM | Overview: Hazardous waste situation and management amid a challenging time |
| 1:40 PM | Forum discussion: Thailand’s Hazardous Waste Situation and Efforts to Clear the “World’s Trash Bin” |
| 2:40 PM | Q&A session |
| 3:30 PM | Wrap-up and closing of the forum |
Speakers:
- Athapol Charoenshunsa, Director-General, the Pollution Control Department
- Associate Professor Dr. Sutha Khaodhiar, Director, the Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management
- Penchom Saetang, Director, the Ecological Alert Recovery Thailand (EARTH)
- Poonsak Chanchampee, Director, Waste Management Siam Co, Ltd/ an advisor to the industrial group for environmental management of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI)
