The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has unveiled a new strategy to deal with the capital’s mounting rubbish issue.
The plan is to hike the monthly rubbish collection fee for households from the current 20 baht to 60 baht starting from October next year.
According to Pornphrom Vikitsreth, an adviser to the Bangkok governor, households willing to continue paying the existing fee can do so by registering with the BMA and sorting their own waste before it is collected.
“The revised fee is intended to encourage residents to sort their rubbish more effectively and minimise the use of single-use items, like plastic bags.”
Pornphrom added that the fee hike would assist the BMA in covering the costs of waste collection and disposal, which currently stands at approximately 700 million baht per annum, while the BMA can only recoup about 500…
