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Home » News from Thailand » Thailand wants to cooperate with other Asian countries against plastic pollution
Thailand and six other Asian countries are going to work together to tackle plastic pollution in the sea. Asian countries are increasingly criticized worldwide for plastic pollution in the region.
The seven countries are collaborating with the EU and Germany in a project called 'Rethinking Plastics': Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter. A budget of 10 million euros (333,2 million baht) is available for this.
Thailand has already taken some decisions to ban the use of single-use plastics. PCD Director General Pralong says the country has committed to recycling all plastic waste by the year 2027.
Source: Bangkok Post
I assume that Germany, like other European countries, has dumped its plastic waste in Asia.
Perhaps it would be an idea to send all that plastic waste back to Europe, as long as it has not already been dumped in the sea?
Taking 8 years to recycle all plastic waste doesn't sound very ambitious to me.
Certainly not if you take into account that projects can take years to run.
Perhaps they could start by collecting it at 1 point per province and make an initial separation of usable and unusable.
And of course make sure that it doesn't turn into a very big bonfire, because extinguishing it will probably not work once it burns.
I recently came into contact with a company that, after 18 years of research and experimentation, is now building installations that convert 20 tons (20.000 kg) of plastic waste into 18.000 liters of Advanced Bio Fuel through a heat process. PER DAY (!) And without harmful gases or nasty residues, such as sulfur (Sulfur is measured, among other things, to determine the degree of air pollution).
This biodiesel, produced from plastic waste, is of such high quality that it hardly needs any processing for processing into an end product. Low-speed engines such as marine diesels (one of the largest polluters) can use this biofuel immediately.
An interesting project that on the one hand tackles the (worldwide) plastic problem and on the other hand meets the increasing demand for biofuel of good quality. In Europe, in 2020, 10% of regular fuel such as petrol and diesel must consist of bio fuel. (Political decision).
The company entered the market this year with their 5th generation installation, where no gases escape or residual pollution occurs. The company works closely with an experienced investment company, which is committed to raising money from large and small investors to fund 50 installations. 50×20 tons of plastic is converting 1000 tons of plastic PER DAY into bio fuel.
The first installations are now operational and each is already producing 18.000 liters of biofuel.
The following are now being built and will soon be operational.
This biofuel is traded by the regular oil trade and ends up in the fuels that are filled up at the petrol pump. The oil trade pays the manufacturer of the installations in a crypto coin, so that the more biodiesel is consumed/traded, the more value this coin gets. Investors will receive a number of these coins depending on their investment. In this way it is also possible for the 'ordinary' man and woman to become involved in this solution that works!
In this way, investors contribute to solving the plastic waste problem, improving the environment through the use of bio fuel and strengthening their own personal financial situation (it is not a donation, but an investment).
The company that makes these machines is located in Thailand and the first 50 machines will find a place in Thailand. There are now developments to also build these machines in Europe.
Marco, so the knife cuts both ways. The plastic is cleaned up and bio fuel is produced. I've got a couple of questions. Why don't you mention the name of that company and why would the payment of the biofuel by the oil trade be made in crytocoins? Furthermore, it surprises me, all the more because according to you Europe will also build the installations, this fantastic solution has not been in the news worldwide.
The company has chosen to involve small investors in addition to large investors (3 million euros per machine). Many 'green' thinkers and doers clean up plastic for ideological reasons. (cleaner world for our children, etc.).
By using networking and small investors, they want to achieve a much greater awareness and involvement with a much larger group of people. Not only the ideologically driven people, but also the financially driven people. By investing (and therefore also making a profit with your investment), the knife cuts on three sides:
1. Tackling the plastic waste problem in a big way, with 20 tons per day per installation.
2. Air pollution by making 18.000 liters of clean (bio) fuel per day per installation.
3. Investors get a good chance of profit on their investment because they get crypto coins, the value of which does not depend on hot air, but on the bio (fuel) produced. Think of it like shares of a company.
The chance of a financial advantage for the investor is so great because there are political demands worldwide that enforce cleaner fuel. The demand for biofuel is therefore increasing enormously, which in turn has a favorable effect on the value of the crypto coins.
The investment company has chosen not to incur expensive advertising costs, but to use networkers. That is a much more personal approach, which provides a much broader and more robust basis, because only involved people are involved. As compensation, the networkers receive a fee from the organization. All investments fully benefit the company in order to build installations and make them operational again. They already have installations on rubbish dumps in Thailand and their own vehicles and a bus service company already run on their 'own' bio fuel.
For me, in addition to investing myself, this is also an extra bit of income. That's why I don't mention the name, but much prefer to expand my network in personal contact.
In each country there is one representative of the company who brings large investors into contact with the company and guides them. Onlongs, the company has concluded a contract with a country in Eastern Europe, to handle the entire waste collection and separation process there and to process it in these installations. This in turn benefits the community there in several ways.
Dear Mark,
Let me start by saying that as far as I am concerned, all methods to solve the plastic waste problem in a clean way are very welcome.
If I had developed something like this and was looking for funding to commercialize my solution on a large scale, I would generate as much publicity as possible and not just try to get funding through. a network of small investors and the issuing of crypto coins.
I don't think you need to launch (expensive) advertising campaigns for such a device.
As you tell it here, I'm getting a bit of a pyramid scheme in my mouth and that's a shame.
And I still don't understand why you call it biofuel.
The company (whose name you apparently do not want to mention) apparently calls it “Advanced Bio Fuel”.
Here is a definition of biofuel: https://www.encyclo.nl/begrip/biobrandstof
Petroleum is used to manufacture most plastics. In my opinion, it is impossible to recover biofuel from that.
Nothing new, I myself worked as an ex_ Shell man on the thermal cracking of plastics…..with pe and pp and ps no problem but oh woe if it contains PVC then you quickly have a corrosion problem due to HCl
Here you can see how plastic is converted into a fuel.
According to the video, it would be an Australian invention.
For the time being, it is still small-scale and experimental with promising results
https://youtu.be/MTgentcfzgg
That's right, this is the right system to recycle plastic. I have already worked out this model completely. I just need investors who want to support this organization.
This will also go together with advertising and make people aware of recycling. Clean up mess.
Plastic is made from petroleum, a focil product, not bio.
Burning the plastic, in whatever form, continues to blow fossil fuel extra into the atmosphere.
Please don't fool us
The plastic is not burned, but converted into bio fuel by heating. If you burn it, there's nothing left.
Shall we still experience it?
When I walk down the street here in the city, I regularly feel like I'm walking over a rubbish dump.
So there is still a lot to do in many areas, but also great progress to be made.
Well, I'd say let them start at the 7-11. With all those mini packages in plastic and plastic bags that they hand out. Think you have the biggest culprit then.
You barely need 1 month to ban plastic bags. It is not a drama to gradually get people used to having to carry a shopping bag when they go shopping for a month.
Even In many African countries, plastic was banned from today to tomorrow. And the penalties for those who still give plastic bags are very, very heavy.
Why are people not thinking about tackling the problem 'at the source'?
Simply to produce as little harmful plastic as possible!
Of course all these good intentions are also necessary, but it's just mopping with the tap open!
But then one will have to put someone (the multinationals) in their wallet and that's where the shoe pinches!
Stopping production does not solve the major plastic waste problem. Imagine sending an oil tanker with a number of installations, which I have described, to the large floating plastic waste islands, which pick up the plastic from the sea, process it into biofuel, run their own ships' engines, with minimal emissions and store the rest of the biofuel produced in their tank. Then the bio fuel, sailing to shore and processing it in the regular fuels….
Win, win, win I guess...
If the government is really serious about reducing the use of plastic, then the market mechanism works best.
If they levy heavy taxes at the source (factory or customs) on the sale of plastic bags, straws and drink bottles and/or levy a deposit on plastic bottles, just watch how quickly this effect takes effect. Also fewer problems with enforcement compared to banning or discouraging.
Here too you will still have to tackle the plastic waste problem to get rid of it. Remember that plastic is not really digested, but degenerates into tiny pieces of plastic, which are then eaten by the animals that we eat (fish, cows, etc.) and the plastic particles that end up in our drinking water…
Thailand has just signed a contract for an Interceptor.
One is already working in Indonesia, one in Malaysia
one in Vietnam and another somewhere .
This is a machine that automatically runs on solar energy
and removes plastic from the rivers , so that it does not end up in the sea .
If you want to know more, google – Interceptor Ocean –
(Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup has launched the Interceptor)
What I understand from the interceptor is that it fishes the plastic (and other waste) from the rivers, but does not process it. I think we will also see a lot more collaboration and integration of techniques in the near future.
Yes Marco , the Interceptor was only made because of all the plastic
from the rivers so that it does not end up in the sea.
Worldwide, one piece in 1000 Interceptors are needed!
Another factory is needed to process the plastic.
But I think it's important that it comes out of the water
and does not end up in the ocean.
It is only a start , but something is being done and that is what counts .
According to employees of the big c and Tesco Lotus, plastic bags will no longer be given by them and the 1-7 stores from 11 January.
A first big step. Hopefully this will breed more awareness and habit to bring your own bags. And for the local markets to follow suit. Replacing Styrofoam with a paper variant would also help a lot.
By the way, on koh tao the supermarkets don't give bags anymore.