Environmental groups that had been calling for such a ban for several years applauded the move but now call for vigorous enforcement of the law, the addition of plastic wastes and the ratification by Thailand of the Basel Convention’s Ban Amendment. Further they urge all other countries in the region to do likewise. “We are very happy to see this law finally in force in Thailand but we remind the world that Thailand is still seen as the dumping ground for plastic and other wastes by brokers in Hong Kong and the US,” said Mr. Akarapon Teebthaisong of Ecological Alert and Recovery Thailand (EARTH). “Further, we must remain vigilant against actors that will ignore this new law, both inside and outside of the country.”
Following China’s National Sword policy to forbid imports of electronic and plastic wastes into the country, many traders simply moved highly polluting waste operations to Hong Kong, or South and Southeast Asian and South Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Pakistan, India and Malaysia. The Basel Action Network (BAN) an NGO fighting global waste dumping, which for years tracked the waste exports to China, used GPS trackers to monitor the most recent flows of waste across the globe.
BAN and EARTH are calling for all countries to ratify the Basel Ban and the Basel Convention. Further, they are calling for all countries to ban the import of electronic waste and plastic wastes as China has done.
Source: Recycling Magazine
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