Trashy Cocktails: ‘Wasteland’ raises the bar on reduce, reuse, recycle

While cocktail bars have been sprouting up around Bangkok – from speakeasies and serious establishments to those elevating flair before function – none is like a recently opened bar tucked inside a Thonglor garden: Wasteland. 

Joining the charming, peaceful compound where Bo.lan is, Wasteland opened its doors last month on a mission to not only wow guests with its cocktails but meaningful gestures of sustainability in the form of very efficient food waste management.

“Working as a bartender for years,  I have seen a great amount of things thrown away behind the bar,” said Krit “Joey” Prakobdee, who formerly worked at tiki rum bar Tropic City and now-defunct insect cocktail-famed Liberation. At Wasteland, Joey is joined by two other veterans: Kitibordee “Gov” Chortubtim (former head bartender at Liberation) and Suchada “Fahbeer” Sopajaree (former…