1% less solid waste in Thailand, but hazardous, infectious trash surges in the country

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BANGKOK, Feb 6 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thailand created 1 per cent less solid trash last year compared to 2020, while 87 per cent of its infectious waste was related to Covid-19.

Atthaphon Charoenchansa, director-general of the Pollution Control Department (PCD), said Thailand created 24.98 million tonnes of waste in 2021, which is 1 per cent lower than the waste created in 2021.