But in the past decade, he said, plastic wrap had rapidly replaced banana leaves, so the beach was edged with a crust of plastic. This is a worldwide problem—we can't point the finger at Thai fishermen. The UK alone produces more than 170m tons of waste every year, much of it foo...
Plastic waste management3Rs policyKey barrierPlastic waste recyclingPlastic has become an important and integral part of society throughout the world due to its various applications, such as packaging, agriculture, automobile parts, electronic applications and......
In Thailand, people use about eight plastic bags each day, almost 200 billion bags each year. As for causing ocean plastic pollution, Thailand is in the sixth place in the whole world. Thailand is waking up to the harmful effects of plastic pollution on our environment. A supermarket chain ...
Regarding plastic waste, Wijarn said Thailand reduced the use of plastic bags by 1.3-1.5 billion units or about 2,600 tons per year while it used 2 million tons of plastic products annually. "However, the reduction of plastic bags were not enough," said Wijarn, "because only 500,000 ton...
Thorn Thamrongnavaswasdi, vice dean of the fisheries faculty of Kasetsart University said that the sea turtles washed upon the shores of Phuket and Phang-nga beaches provinces could not survive as the trapped sea animals suffocated in plastic waste bags or struggled tremendously in fishing nets. ...
Plastic waste on a beach in Thailand. The country is one of the biggest marine polluters in Asia and until recently, a major importer of foreign waste.Image: Shutterstock The world’s oceans are awash with plastic, and Southeast Asia is a major culprit. ...
With over 1 million cases of coronavirus, Thailand is facing a scarcity of personal protective equipment to help in the pandemic. Volunteers and the public sector are upcycling plastic waste to create new full-body PPEs. Take a look.Check out The China Report, our new weekly newsletter. ...
(2)Whichcanbestreplacetheunderlinedword "deduce" inparagraph 3?___A. confirmB. causeC. approveD. contain(3)Whichcountrydumpsthemostplasticwasteintotheoceans?___A. ThailandB. IndonesiaC. VietnamD. Philippines(4)What'sthemainideaofthepassage?___A. Philippinesputsaway 1.29 milliontonsofplastic....
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Diversey buying Corsair Group’s plastic credits to offset plastic waste generated by its packaging Source:Companies start using plastic credits to offset waste in Thailand | Sustainable PlasticsDiversey, a packaging company part of US-based chemicals company Solenis, and Thailand-basedchemical recycler ...