Cadmium slag to be moved from Bangkok and Samut Sakhon to Tak tonight

Officials from the Ministry of Industry, the Pollution Control Department and other agencies will start moving the first lot of 270 tonnes of cadmium slag from Bangkok to Tak province at 7pm tonight.

Contained in large bags, the cadmium slag will be loaded onto two types of trailer trucks, each carrying 20 bags and covered with water-proof plastic sheets. Each truck is equipped with GPS for tracking and officials in protective gear will accompany the trucks for the entire journey.

About 450 tonnes of cadmium slag are to be moved daily, from warehouses in Bangkok, Samut Sakhon and Chon Buri, back to Tak province to be buried in a landfill.

Industry Permanent Secretary Nattapol Rangsitpol said today that the cadmium slag will be moved from Bangkok and the J&B Metal warehouse in Samut Sakhon simultaneously. For the cadmium slag in Chon Buri and three other warehouses in Samut Sakhon,…