The installation of a refuse-derived fueled (RDF) waste management facility will soon be completed at Map Ta Phut later this year, the Department of Industrial Works (DIW) reports.
There was a signing of an agreement to procure a non-harmful industrial RDF waste processing facility between General Environmental Conservation Plc (GENCO) and a Finnish company. Afterwards, DIW Director-General Pasu Loharjun said that this agreement will further introduce more non-harmful industrial wastes in Thailand to be converted into fuel.
The RDF facility will be initially installed on GENCO's property in Map Ta Phut Industrial Park in Rayong Province, which is an important site hosting major factories in Thailand. The Ministry of Industry will help invest in the project with a sum of 200 million baht as well.
The installation of this facility is expected to be complete by the end of this year.
The Ministry of Industry is also working with the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand, and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, to install additional RDF facilities in six Special Economic Zones. This proposal will soon be submitted for the Cabinet’s consideration.