webfact 79,064 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Phuket food-delivery boom raises concerns of disposable waste explosion By The Phuket News Assoc Prof Pun Thongchumnum PhD, Vice President of the Prince of Songkla University Phuket Campus, called for an immediate policy shift to curtail the use of non-environmentally friendly food packaging used by food-delivery companies in Phuket. Photo: PSU Phuket Campus PHUKET: The fast-rising popularity of food-delivery services in Phuket has raised serious concerns over the volume of plastics and other non-environmentally friendly packaging used by the companies delivering food across the island by motorbike. A survey by the Prince of Songkla University Phuket Campus found that there are currently three food-delivery service providers in Phuket, employing more than 2,850 drivers with over 1,000 participating restaurants using the platforms. According to the survey, conducted on Oct 19-22, 48.15% of the food-packaging boxes used by food delivery services in Phuket were foam, 25.68% were plastic and only 26.17% were paper. Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-food-delivery-boom-raises-concerns-of-disposable-waste-explosion-73569.php#hcVfpGClhQ2Uf7vB.99 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-11-08 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post mok199 11,343 Posted November 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) Finally ...someone has recognized the real plastics problem....street vendor and restaurant 'take away food', now the hard part ,changing a Nations habits... Edited November 10, 2019 by mok199 8 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post steelepulse 5,831 Posted November 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2019 Not sure you can blame food delivery services. As mentioned above, blame the society of toss it in the bushes( gutter, road, beach, river etc.) and it goes away mentality. 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Deli 4,264 Posted November 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2019 IF this is the only ploplem Phuket has... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Netease 253 Posted November 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2019 Just TAX the containers, Problem solved 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post pjuk 70 Posted November 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Netease said: Just TAX the containers, Problem solved How on earth is this going to solve the problem ? All it would do is put the price up. A total ban on polystyrenes would be a good starting place including packing in electrical goods. Edited November 11, 2019 by pjuk 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jaiyen 2,532 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Thais are always moaning about the high price of food but they pay for expensive take aways and delivered food 1 Link to post Share on other sites
inThailand 2,748 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 18 minutes ago, jaiyen said: Thais are always moaning about the high price of food but they pay for expensive take aways and delivered food and then only eat 50 percent to save face. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post bananafish 356 Posted November 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2019 47 minutes ago, pjuk said: How on earth is this going to solve the problem ? All it would do is put the price up. A total ban on polystyrenes would be a good starting place including packing in electrical goods. Because if environmentally friendly packaging is the cheapest because of taxes, environmentally friendly packaging will be used. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites
metisdead 8,881 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 A post using profane language in ALL CAPS has been removed. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Rimbuman 394 Posted November 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2019 2 hours ago, mok199 said: Finally ...someone has recognized the real plastics problem....street vendor and restaurant 'take away food', now the hard part ,changing a Nations habits... Changing this Nations habits can be done. Televising educational info about how bad it looks to leave their garbage at just almost any place that's convenient for them. Enforced littering laws with fines that make sense. Place garbage bins where needed. Collect and recycle/incinerate the garbage efficiently and there are likely some other good ideas. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Xonax 1,605 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 28 minutes ago, Rimbuman said: Changing this Nations habits can be done. Televising educational info about how bad it looks to leave their garbage at just almost any place that's convenient for them. Enforced littering laws with fines that make sense. Place garbage bins where needed. Collect and recycle/incinerate the garbage efficiently and there are likely some other good ideas. No country should buy new high speed trains and submarines, before they have a proper recycling/incineration system in place! Even solving environment issues can generate huge kick backs. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
anchadian 1,925 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) Should start with street food takeaways. But that will never happen. Edited November 11, 2019 by anchadian Link to post Share on other sites
hotchilli 16,547 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 4 hours ago, webfact said: According to the survey, conducted on Oct 19-22, 48.15% of the food-packaging boxes used by food delivery services in Phuket were foam, 25.68% were plastic and only 26.17% were paper. Maybe the food delivery providers should stipulate that to sign-up to the service food establishments must use 100% bio-degradable packaging, and use that as a marketing strategy. But then we all know it's nigh on impossible to get the mind-sets to change. Link to post Share on other sites
metisdead 8,881 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Some troll posts and the subsequent replies have been removed. Link to post Share on other sites
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