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Rev Environ Health. 2017 Sep 26;32(3):223-234. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2016-0061.
Due to rapid urbanization, solid waste management (SWM) has become a significant issue in several developing countries including Thailand. Policies implemented by the Central Thai Government to manage SWM issues have had only limited success. This article reviews current municipal waste management plans in Thailand and examines municipal waste management at the local level, with focus on the Tha Khon Yang sub-district surrounding Mahasarakham University in Mahasarakham Province. Within two decades this area has been converted from a rural to an urban landscape featuring accommodation for over 45,000 university students and a range of business facilities. This development and influx of people has outpaced the government's ability to manage municipal solid waste (MSW). There are significant opportunities to improve local infrastructure and operational capacity; but there are few mechanisms to provide and distribute information to improve community participation in waste management. Many community-based waste management projects, such as waste recycling banks, the 3Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle), and waste-to-biogas projects have been abandoned. Additionally, waste from Tha Kon Yang and its surrounding areas has been transferred to unsanitary landfills; there is also haphazard dumping and uncontrolled burning of waste, which exacerbate current pollution issues.
由于快速的城市化，固体废物管理（SWM）已成为包括泰国在内的几个发展中国家的一个重大问题。泰国中央政府实施的管理 SWM 问题的政策仅取得了有限的成功。本文回顾了泰国当前的城市废物管理计划，并研究了地方一级的城市废物管理，重点是玛哈沙拉堪府玛哈沙拉堪大学周边的塔空扬分区。在过去的二十年里，这个地区已经从一个农村景观转变为一个拥有超过 45000 名大学生和一系列商业设施的城市景观。这种发展和人口涌入已经超过了政府管理城市固体废物（MSW）的能力。有很大的机会改善当地的基础设施和运营能力；但很少有机制来提供和分发信息，以提高社区参与废物管理。许多基于社区的废物管理项目，如废物回收银行、3R（减少、再利用和回收）以及废物制沼气项目，都已经被放弃。此外，来自塔空扬及其周边地区的废物已被转移到不卫生的垃圾填埋场；还有随意倾倒和无控制的废物焚烧，这加剧了当前的污染问题。
