Chiang Mai krathong waste drops 25%

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Glides and wastes being cleared from the Ping River by employees.

PUBLISHED: 19 Nov 2024 at 14: 41

Krathong floats and garbage are stranded at a sluice gate in the Ping River before being collected in Chiang Mai on Tuesday. Officials say waste material from the Loy Krathong festival this year was down 25% compared to last year. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)
Before being collected in Chiang Mai on Tuesday, trash and krathong floats are stranded at a gate wall in the Ping River. According to officials, this year’s Loy Krathong festival waste material dropped by 25 % from the previous year. ( Photo: Panumet Tanraksa )

Lee MAI- Twenty-five tonnes of krathong floats and wastes have been collected from the Ping River after Friday’s Loy Krathong event, downward from 33 tonnes last season.

Tosapol Phuanudom, the lieutenant governor of Chiang Mai, inaugurated a battle to acquire trash, trash, and dirt from the valley at the Pa Dad sluice gate in the Muang city on Tuesday. &nbsp,

According to Mr. Tosapol, workers dumped 25 tons of krathong waste and garbage that had been stranded at the gate gate, which is a 25 % increases over the festival last year. &nbsp,

About 90 % of the collected glides were made from natural components, while the rest were made from Styrofoam, food and other substances. &nbsp,

” If they are not removed fast it will affect the water’s habitat. In a few days, according to Mr. Tosapol, the recovery is scheduled to be finished. &nbsp,

He claimed that the municipal waste management service produced and disposed of the collected hovers and garbage using proper techniques.

Krathong glides were collected on Saturday in Bangkok, where authorities said the full, 514, 590, was 20 % lower than the year before.

Of the collected hovers in Bangkok, more than 98 % were made from natural materials.