Thailands policies on Solid Waste Management

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Thailands policies on Solid Waste
Management

• Pornsri Kictham
• Director of Environment and Health Bureau
• Nonthaburi municipality , Thailand

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Solid Waste Volume in Thailand, 1994-2003
Solid Waste Volume (Tons/day)
Year
Source Pollution Control Department 2004
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State of Solid Waste in Thailand , 2003

• 39,240 tons/day or 14.4 million tons / year

sources of solid waste
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Solid Waste Generation in the year 2001 2003
Source Pollution Control Department 2004
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• Percentage of Solid Waste collection
• Bangkok 99
• Municipal area 35
• Recycling
• 2.8 million tons or 19 of total waste were
  recycled.
• Disposal
• - Open dump 72
• - Sanitary landfill 27
• - Incineration 1

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Problems of Solid Waste Management

• Allocated budget of municipal solid waste
  management is always meager .
  Service fee collection is also ineffective
• No active planning on establishing common
  disposal facility among adjacent communities

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• No define regulation and guideline of municipal
  solid waste managment hierarchy starting from
  source separation , collection, transportation ,
  disposal and monitoring
• Lack of skillful personnel in operating an
  efficient waste collection and disposal practice

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• Waste recycling program in communities is still
  scarce
• Associated existing legislations do not
  adequately facilitate the municipal solid waste
  management in an effective direction
• Public co-operation and participation are quite
  few, for instance willingness to pay service fee,
  littering habits, waste source separation program
  as well as positive support of new disposal
  facility project

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Thailands policies on Solid Waste Management

• Monitor continually and assess various waste
  generation sources.
• Provide funding, incentive, technical assistance
  to local on solid waste management hierarchy
  starting from source separation, collection,
  transportation, material recovery and disposal.

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• Promote local government to concerned in the area
  of municipal solid waste management.
• Set up appropriate municipal solid waste
  management regulations as an implementing
  guideline.
• Encourage private and public sector involvement
  in municipal solid waste management.

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Target on Solid Waste Management

• Waste generation rate less than 1
  kg/capita/day
• Recovered materials more than 30

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• Residual wastes in municipal area less than
• 5
• 4. Master plan and implementation plan of
  municipal solid waste management at
  a provincial level by establish waste disposal
  centers for adjacent communities to share common
  disposal facilities not less than 50 of total
  provinces in Thailand

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Measures on Solid Waste Management

• Establish waste disposal centers for adjacent
  communities to share common disposal facilities
• Promote private investment on the municipal solid
  waste management and recycling business

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• Encourage private involvement in running business
  on solid waste management
• Apply Polluter Pays Principle to all waste
  generators
• Review related laws and regulations on tariffs
  for waste collection and transportation

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• Promote public education program, correct
  attitude and social values reinforcement in
  proper municipal solid waste management for all
  children and citizens in the society
• Initiate education and training program in
  fostering technical and administrative
  capabilities to local government and private
  personnel in area of municipal solid waste
  management
• Encourage research and appropriate technology in
  the area of municipal solid waste management

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Integrated Solid Waste Management

• Waste minimization/ source reduction
• Material recovery Reuse Recycle
• Transportation / transfer station
• Waste disposal Composting , Sanitary landfill ,
  Incineration

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Organizations involvement in SWM

• Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
• - Pollution Control Department
• - Office of Natural Resources and
  Environmental Policy
• and Planning
• - Department of Environmental
  Promotion
• National Environmental Quality Act. B.E.1992

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• Ministry of Public Health
• - Department of Health
• Public Health Act B.E.1992

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• Local Government
• - PAO
• - TAO
• - Municipalities
• Municipal Act B.E. 1953

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Transfer station
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