US EditionUS E-Waste Dumping Fails: Thailand to Return 284 Tonnes of Hazardous Electronics
Thai authorities seized 284 tonnes of hazardous e-waste misdeclared as scrap metal and will return it to the US under Basel Convention rules after inspections.
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Thailand praised by UNODC after major illegal e-waste seizure at Laem Chabang Port
Suchart Chomklin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, inspects seized electronic waste at Laem Chabang Port following a joint operation by Thai authorities. The action drew praise from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime regional office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific for Thailand’s efforts to combat transnational illegal waste trafficking. BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand has received recognition fro…
Seized e-waste in SE Asia: return to sender
Thailand’s recent seizure of suspected illegal e-waste at Laem Chabang Port is the latest in a wave of enforcement actions across Southeast Asia that is reshaping how the region handles foreign electronic scrap, and raising the prospect that exporters face a National Sword-style closure of informal import channels. With Malaysia running parallel crackdowns and corruption probes at Port Klang and Indonesia still working to re-export hundreds of …
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