WASTE MANAGEMENT – REVERSE LOGISTICS THAILAND PREPARING FOR ASEAN
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.8557Keywords:
Waste management, Municipal Solid Waste, recycling, reverse logisticsAbstract
With the Advent of ASEAN municipal solid waste (MSW) is estimated to increase 2-4% per year benchmarking waste management practices becomes of interest for the partner countries. This study surveyed logistics professionals from various parts ofThailandto obtain their feedback regarding waste management practices in their specific geographic location in terms of collection, transportation and disposal of the household and commercial waste.Refuse is collected in containers of various shapes and sizes ranging from baskets to metal and plastic garbage tons and dumpsters. The garbage truck size and type varies throughout Thailand but is more or less consistent within a municipality, rear loading with a crew of four including driver appears to be the standard, with sorting of garbage taking place at the truck at time of collection.
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