A waste recycling plant in Ayutthaya province was uncovered as the source of a truckload of business waste. Reliable seized a truck when it was caught discharging industrial waste in Sara Buri, on the land of the Kaeng Khoi industrial estate.
The Pollution Control Department confirmed the truck impound and the payload of commercial waste inside. It had been seized by the Song Khon Tambon Administration Organisation (TAO) in Sara Buri, nonetheless loaded with industrial waste.
Last month, one other pickup truck suspected to be transporting industrial waste was noticed parked subsequent to the impounded truck. It was seen on February 12 and later suspected of another illegal dumping on February 27 in the Phaichi district. Waste from that dumping was much like that found in the impounded truck, tying the crimes together.
The pickup allegedly belongs to the Aek U Thai recycling firm in Ayutthaya, already suspected of nefarious industrial waste dumping. Management of the economic property filed a criticism at Kaeng Khoi Police Station.
Meanwhile, the Ecological Alert and Recovery Thailand (EARTH) Foundation has criticized the Industrial Works Department, claiming they have been negligent in enforcement and regulation that stop unlawful industrial waste dumping.
The foundation blames the department for permitting Aek U Thai to proceed accepting waste for recycling regardless of being briefly closed. The foundation’s director says that Aek U Thai was closed by the Industrial Works Department on February sixteen amid alleged unlawful dumping, yet continues to function.
She speculated that industrial companies may not have even been knowledgeable that the company they had been using to dump waste material had already been shut down and accused of illegal dumping.
The incident highlights the issue of illegal dumping of hazardous waste in Thailand. Environmental police in Bangkok arrested and charged seven folks in December over unlawful dumping at 16 websites in the Thai capital..