News Forum - Waste not, want not: Thailand tightens reins on dirty paper imports

[Thaiger]

Thailand’s Foreign Trade Department is cracking down on dirty deals—literally. Stricter import controls on waste paper are in the works to safeguard public health and protect the environment. Ronnarong Phoolpipat, Foreign Trade Department Director-General, dropped the bombshell. The Commerce Ministry has been inundated with reports all year from concerned entrepreneurs. These tip-offs revealed that imported … …

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[ChrisS]

Hopefully they truly are "cracking down" on this and not just using it as a hammer to solicit backhanders.

[Pinetree]

They would make a good start by stopping all the none essential photo copying required by immigration and many other government Departments.  It's wasteful, time consuming and downright ridiculous in a modern digital age.