Thailand-based Indorama Ventures, the biggest global producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) has committed to quadruple its PET recycling capacity and eliminate 750,000 tonnes of plastic annually from landfills and open dumps that pollute rivers and oceans.
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Environmental group slams soldier caught poaching
CPO1 Phitsanu was arrested on Friday by a park ranger unit at a hunting camp in Sai Yok district. Park officials found and seized carcasses of wild animals, including seven hornbills, along with several hunting tools and firearms.
Displaced Karen demand land back
“I don’t think that going back to live in our ancestors’ habitat is something wrong. The Karen people have been tolerant in [being relocated]. It is their time [to receive] justice.”
Water Levels Drop, Fail to Rise Again on Mekong River Along Thai-Lao Border
“It looks like China doesn’t care about people living downstream. The Mekong River is now low like this every year, and this has severe impacts on everyone living downstream.”
Panel told tap water ‘too salty’ to be safe
Bangkok residents with heart disease, kidney disease, hypertension, or diabetes should avoid drinking the water, as should the elderly, small children and small pets.
Crushing burden: small-scale sugar cane farmers bear the costs of Thailand’s bioeconomy drive
At present, around 300 000 small– to medium-scale sugar cane farmers in Thailand cultivate 100 million tonnes of sugar cane annually, providing 5.5% of the world’s sugar supply.
Land Bridge in place of Kra Canal: Game changer for Thailand’s future engagement with region and China?
The race between two competing ideas for mega infrastructure projects in Southern Thailand has entered the final stretch. The old Khlong Thai or “Thai Canal” scheme has been overtaken by the new “Land Bridge”, which enjoys crucial support from Transport Minister Saksiam Chidchob.
Trouble Brews in South-East Asia as Thailand Rejects Laotian Dam Report
With its biggest customer increasingly alarmed by the impacts of large-scale hydropower and the viability of building dams becoming poorer and poorer, it is uncertain why Laos has clung to its hydropower ambitions quite so stubbornly.
For border-crossing Thai tigers, the forest on the other side isn’t as green
Efforts to protect tigers in the DTL highlight the need for cross-border efforts to maintain ecosystem connectivity.
Indigenous villagers in Thailand reclaim land, prompting threats from officials
An indigenous Karen community in Thailand has returned to their land in a national park years after being forcibly evicted and seeing their homes burned by authorities — as the Thai government threatens to remove the villagers once again and prosecute them.