Crackdown on e-waste

THAILAND will ban imports of electronic and plastic waste after reports of massive piles of scrap electronics potentially turning it into the “world’s garbage bin”.

“We need to prioritise good environment and the health of our citizens over industrial development,” Environment Minister Surasak Kanchanarat said.

E-waste is being imported illegally as factories in Thailand see a new way of making profits after China ceased accepting 24 types of foreign waste.