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Thailand bans all plastic waste imports

January 23, 2025 EcoVadis EN


As of January 1 2025, Thailand has officially banned the import of plastic waste. Introduced by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, the ban was approved by Thailand’s Cabinet on December 3 2024, and published in the Royal Gazette later that month.

The ban includes amendments to Thailand’s Tariff Schedule, which covers the import of waste, pairings, and plastic scraps. As a result, a complete ban of all imports of plastic waste has been enacted from January 2025 onwards.

Thailand has been one of several Southeast Asian nations commonly paid to receive plastic waste imports from Europe, the US, the UK and Japan, with 50,000 tonnes of waste exported from Japan to Thailand in 2023.


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