TDRI wants waste on agenda
Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has urged the government to include waste management as part of the national agenda and proposed the government ban foam usage and make consumers pay for plastic shopping bags.
Somkiat Tangkitvanich, president of the TDRI, said the group’s study found Thailand’s sea debris volume rose rapidly to 1 million tonnes in 2019 from only 400,000 tonnes in 1967.
TDRI was hired by the Thai Chamber of Commerce to study the sources of sea waste in Thailand during February to July this year.
Phusadee Arunmas
