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Thailand Announces Ban on E-waste, Plastic Imports

August 16, 2018

Via: Waste360

In an effort to stop amassing garbage in Thailand, the government announced it plans to ban imports of plastic and electronic waste. The initiative comes after massive amounts of e-waste from the U.S., European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan had been shipped to Thailand.

This announcement comes on the heels of the implementation of China’s import ban. The Thai government reported there would be a two-year timeline for banning plastic, but it did not specify a timeline for banning hundreds of different types of e-waste.

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