PM orders return of toxic waste

To be returned to Tak with copper effluent

PM orders return of toxic waste
Large bags of cadmium waste in Samut Sakhon ( police photo )

According to government spokeswoman Chai Watcharonke, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has instructed the appropriate parties to ensure the removal of cadmium tailings from different locations by the end of the month.

The prime minister, economy ministry representatives, and Bound &amp, Beyond Plc, the owner of the copper waste, Mr. Chai said the order was given on Wednesday during a meeting.

He claimed that the business agreed to move the tailings of cadmium up to Tak and have them buried before the deadline.

On Wednesday, two distinct locations discovered 3, 678 kilograms of copper tailings.

The Environment and Natural Resources Crime Suppression Division conducted a search of a hospital in Bangkok’s Bang Sue location, and the first 300 tons were discovered. During the research at the location in Soi Reangpreecha on Pracharat Road, authorities discovered 190 sacks of copper waste.

After police discovered connections between the locations of J&amp and B Metal Co., they conducted the examination.

Wanna Kengrungruangchai, 65, who identified herself as the center user, faces a cost of having harmful element in her possession without permission, police said.

About 3, 040 kilograms were found at a melting factory owned by J&amp, B Metal Co in tambon Bang Nam Jued in Samut Sakhon’s Muang area last Thursday.

Natthapol Rangsitpol, permanent secretary for business, on Wednesday&nbsp, led a group of officers to assess another shop in Samut Sakhon, where some 3, 040 tonnes of copper effluent were discovered.

He said the examination found another 3, 378 kilograms at the shop, bringing the total of spare found to 6, 378 kilograms. He claimed that the spare would be transported back to Tak by April 30 and buried in a garbage within 15 weeks.

The copper waste is thought to be a part of the 13, 450 tonnes that a business in Tak requested permission from the Sudah business office in August of last year to move them to Samut Sakhon.

Two individuals connected to J&B Metal Co were officially called in for questioning by the Environment and Natural Resources Crime Suppression Division over the copper waste.

The pair are just supposed to meet with police now, Jetsada and Wanna, and they are only known as that.