Environmental agencies want Pattaya to recycle more

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Chonburi will become the first of six eastern provinces to implement a Natural Resources and Environment Ministry program to increase garbage recycling.

Suthee Thapnonghee, director of the Pattaya Environmental Office, chaired the May 15 “Clean Green City” meeting with Environmental Office Region 13 in Chonburi and the provincial office of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry.

Suthee Thapnonghee, director of the Pattaya Environmental Office, says that Pattaya is facing a serious waste-disposal problem.Suthee Thapnonghee, director of the Pattaya Environmental Office, says that Pattaya is facing a serious waste-disposal problem.

A ministry study showed that Pattaya is facing a serious waste-disposal problem, with garbage piling up in the city and on Koh Larn.

Pollution Control Department head Thanapong Rattawuthinant announced guidelines and reasons for the project stating that the pollution from waste is causing a severe environmental issue.

The Clean Green City plan calls for an end-to-end waste-disposal plan focused on recycling.