“Recycle for Life”

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, there was a significant increase in single-use plastic waste from food delivery services. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, in collaboration with the private sector, launched the Recycle for Life campaign, encouraging the public to separate plastic waste from food delivery services for recycling. The campaign received positive cooperation and response, leading to a shared learning process in managing used plastics by recycling them for new products or community benefits, also helping to reduce the problem of plastic waste in nature.

This year, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has tasked the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion to intensify operations through the Recycle for Life project to foster participation and promote the recycling of used materials into new products, giving back to society in various forms, minimizing waste and environmental impact.

Apart from boxes and cardboard boxes, the initiative also includes collecting used aluminium drink cans for recycling.

The Director-General of the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion added that under the “Recycle for Life” project, besides boxes and cardboard boxes, used aluminium drink cans are also collected for recycling into new canned drinks made from 100% recycled aluminium, which is environmentally friendly. The project is in collaboration with Thai Beverage Can Co., Ltd., and will donate 80,000 canned drinks to field hospitals.

Mr. Saroj Chayavivatkul, the Managing Director of Thai Beverage Can Co., Ltd., mentioned that aluminium cans are excellent packaging because they can be recycled indefinitely without losing quality, making aluminium packaging valuable. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company collaborated with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Big C Supercenter Public Co., Ltd., to encourage everyone to recycle aluminium waste, turning trash into merit so that Thai Beverage Can Co., Ltd. can recycle it into canned drinks for medical personnel, field hospitals, and communities affected by COVID-19, hence called “cans of kindness” to offer support from the public.

Those interested can donate cleaned and compressed used cans at the donation point on the 1st floor of the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion building and at Big C Hypermarket donation points in 137 locations nationwide, or send them to the Campaign Group, Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, 49 Phahonyothin Road, Soi 30, Phaya Thai District, Bangkok 10400. For more information, contact the Campaign Group, Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, at 02-278-8453.

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