Following repeated revelations of the dumping of electronic wastes from countries such as the US, Japan, and Australia, the Thai government has finally passed a full prohibition on the import of such hazardous wastes into Thailand. Environmental groups that had been calling for such a ban for several years applauded the move but now call for vigorous enforcement of the law, the addition of plastic wastes and the ratification by Thailand of the Basel Convention’s Ban Amendment.
Click below to read more on this article. Below is the translation via Google translate of the Notification of Ministry of Commerce with 428 different types of electronic scrap listed as forbidden to import into the country, effective 15 September 2020.
With the necessary for environmental conservation, public health, safety protection of the people and for the efficient management of the country’s environment, E-waste should be designated as a prohibited commodity brought into the Kingdom by virtue of Section 5, paragraph one (1) of the Export Act and importing into the Kingdom of the goods BE 2522. Minister of Commerce with the approval of the Cabinet issued announcements as follows:
Clause 1: This announcement is called “Notification of the Ministry of Commerce on the provision of electronic waste. It is a product that must not be used Imported into the Kingdom in 2020”.
Clause 2: This Notification shall come into force from the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.
Clause 3: In the announcement “Electronic waste” means an electrical and electronic component or scrap (excluding scrap from the generator) that contains components such as electrolytic capacitors and other batteries switches containing mercury as a working element, glass fragments from cathode ray tubes and other active glass electrolytic capacitors containing PCBs or contaminated with cadmium, mercury, lead, polychlorinated biphenyl, which is chemical waste substance according to List 5.2, No. 2.18 of the Ministry of Industry Notification Re: List of Hazardous Substances B.E. 2556 in accordance with the law on Hazardous Substances.
Clause 4: Electronic waste shall be in accordance with the customs tariff section 84 and part 85 only for statistics code 899 according to the account attached to this announcement. It is a product that must not be used brought into the Kingdom.
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