SUBSCRIBERS

Bangkok's plastic waste scourge

Debris is clogging up the city's drainage system and severely hampering efforts to to fight off floods especially during the monsoon months

Published Wed, Sep 7, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Bangkok

A LINE of prisoners emerges from Bangkok's sewers covered in a thick film of slime and hauling buckets of sludge - frontline troops in the battle against a rising tide of plastic waste.

Located just 50 centimetres above sea level and criss-crossed with canals, Thailand's throbbing capital has long had to fight off floods and an encroaching sea.

But the city's insatiable a…

BT is now on Telegram!

For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to t.me/BizTimes

Lifestyle

Former Zouk morphs into mod-Asian Jiak Kim House, serving laksa pasta and mushroom bak kut teh
Massimo Bottura lends star power to pizza and pasta at Torno Subito
Victor Liong pairs Aussie and Asian food with mixed results at Artyzen’s Quenino restaurant
If Jay Chou likes Ju Xing’s zi char, you might too
Mod-Sin cooking izakaya style at Focal
What the fish? Diving for flavour at Fysh – Aussie chef Josh Niland’s Singapore debut

Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Bangkok's plastic waste scourge

Lifestyle

Former Zouk morphs into mod-Asian Jiak Kim House, serving laksa pasta and mushroom bak kut teh

Massimo Bottura lends star power to pizza and pasta at Torno Subito

Victor Liong pairs Aussie and Asian food with mixed results at Artyzen’s Quenino restaurant

If Jay Chou likes Ju Xing’s zi char, you might too

Mod-Sin cooking izakaya style at Focal

What the fish? Diving for flavour at Fysh – Aussie chef Josh Niland’s Singapore debut

SUPPORT SOUTH-EAST ASIA'S LEADING FINANCIAL DAILY

SECTIONS

LIFESTYLE

Follow BT