Thailand Bans Electronic Waste Imports
Thailand recently banned imports of electronic waste, according to the Basel Action Network, an environmental justice group. The country announced the move in September, banning 428 different types of electronic scrap, BAN said in an Oct. 6 press release. BAN…
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and Ecological Alert and Recovery Thailand (EARTH), an environmental research foundation, applauded the move, saying Thailand has been a popular spot for dumping plastic and other wastes by Hong Kong and U.S. brokers. The groups called for strict enforcement of the import ban. “We must remain vigilant against actors that will ignore this new law, both inside and outside of the country,” said Akarapon Teebthaisong, an official at EARTH. BAN and EARTH also commended China for its effort to ban waste imports (see 2006030010) and called on “all countries” to do the same. Interpol recently said it is seeing a rise in illegal trash trade (see 2008280035).