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Industry Ministry to inspect 1,500 waste factories from November 2
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Thailand plans to deploy 50 teams to inspect about 1,500 waste-handling and recycling factories across five high-risk provinces from November 2, Industry Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said on October 27. Operators that fail to meet required standards
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Summary
Varawut said inspections would cover Chon Buri, Rayong, Chachoengsao, Samut Prakan and Prachin Buri. The five provinces account for about 1,500 of Thailand’s 3,049 category 105 and 106 factories, which handle waste sorting, disposal and recycling.
The Department of Industrial Works said in an October 5 statement that preliminary inspections found industrial-waste leachate and other contaminants flowing from a flooded landfill and waste-treatment site in Hua Wa subdistrict, Si Maha Phot district, Prachin Buri. A rainbow-coloured, oil-like sheen had spread across surrounding floodwater.