Mr. Pinsak Suraswadi, Director General of Pollution Control Department (PCD), revealed that PCD issued an announcement on the guideline for municipal hazardous waste management for local government organizations, B.E. 2565, which is the overall management guideline for the province. The guideline requires small and medium-sized local government organizations to collect and transport municipal hazardous waste to the collection center or designated location.  On the other hand, large-sized local government organizations operate entirely in their own area. In addition, Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO) and large-sized local government organizations are designated as municipal hazardous waste collection centers for other local government organizations in the province to transport and dispose of municipal hazardous waste within a reasonable time. Moreover, large-sized local governments are responsible for transportation and disposal costs on behalf of small and medium-sized local governments for the benefit of provinces, local government organizations, and related agencies.

Mr. Pinsak said PCD has prepared a recommendation for the mid-rate of municipal hazardous waste disposal for local government organizations in order to manage municipal hazardous waste according to the announcement. The recommendation aims to (1) be a recommendation for provinces or local government organizations to consider hiring any person to treat or dispose of municipal hazardous waste, (2) be used in support of budget requests and budget allocations of relevant agencies, (3) be used as a base for calculating municipal hazardous waste management fees from other local government organizations, and (4) be used as information for the issuance of rules/regulations related to the municipal hazardous waste management under the law on public health or other related matters.

In order to complete the recommendation for the mid-rate of municipal hazardous waste disposal for local government organizations, PCD invites public to comment on the (draft) recommendation for the mid-rate of municipal hazardous waste disposal for local government organizations. For more information, please visit https://www.pcd.go.th/laws/28586 or call 02-2982417. Please send your comments to Email: hazwaste.pcd@gmail.com from now until February 28, 2023, Mr. Pinsak said.