Prime Minister listens to waste management problems on Koh Samui

Koh Samui, The Prime Minister listens to waste management problems on Koh Samui. Accelerating to find a way to get rid of more than 150,000 tons of garbage, aiming to add an incinerator to support tourism. Mr. Settha Thavisin, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Monitoring guidelines for solving garbage problems in Koh Samui District at the Samui Waste Incinerator, Maret Subdistrict, Surat Thani Province. The Prime Minister heard a report on waste management problems from Mr. Ramnet Jaikwang, Mayor of Koh Samui Municipality. Currently unable to manage the garbage problem of more than 150,000 tons, there is a need to request a budget of more than 250 million baht to manage the said problem in order to clear up the entire garbage problem. Before planning to manage again The Prime Minister said that he was well aware of this problem. that Koh Samui has approximately 150,000 tons of garbage stuck. If the problem is to be solved in the short term To transport garbage out, a budget of more than 230 million b aht is required, which is one of the methods. But maybe ask to see first. However, 150,000 tons must be disposed of quickly. This must be done in conjunction with solving long-term problems. Because garbage will continue to increase, while the incineration plant has been known to have been built for more than 20 years, its capacity to burn garbage will decrease. Therefore it must be redone. Efforts must be made to improve this incinerator. together with solving long-term problems and may be used to generate electrical energy which will help create stability energy as well However, let me think first about what this expansion of 150,000 tons will do in the short term. Because if it is transported, it will cost more than 230 million baht and there are 2 ways: the government will invest itself. or the private sector jointly invests in the PPP format The Prime Minister emphasized that this is a worrisome problem. Because if tourism grows more The amount of waste may not only be 200 tons, but may be 300 tons if a new incinerator is built. You must study well. For Koh Samui It is a place with tourists. and a large hidden population As a result, the amount of solid waste has increased by approximately 200 tons per day, which exceeds the efficiency of the waste incineration plant. The Koh Samui Municipality has campaigned for establishments to separate solid waste. As a result, the amount of solid waste was reduced to 150 tons per day, but the incinerator deteriorated with age. Koh Samui Municipality has stopped the business of burning and destroying municipal solid waste since 2012. After that, solid waste was disposed of by landfill according to sanitary principles. causing garbage to remain In the area of ??the solid waste incineration plant, amounting to 300,000 tons, since 2018, Koh Samui Municipality is faced with the problem of no longer having landfill space for solid waste. Therefore, approximately 150 tons of incoming garbage per day and 143,800 tons of residual waste were eliminated by compressing the waste into cubes or bars (Waste Baling) and wrapping the waste (Wrapping) and transporting the waste from the transfer station. Koh Samui Municipality waste is disposed of in a hygienic manner outside the Koh Samui Municipality area in Ban Song Subdistrict Municipality. Wiang Sa District Surat Thani Province. In this regard, there is still 156,200 tons of residual waste. Source: Thai News Agency