More than 190 tonnes of hazardous electronic and electrical waste will be send back to Japan on friday. The hazardous waste was illegally imported into Thailand from Japan through the Laen Chabang container port in Chonburi last year. This huge amount of hazardous garbage was seized by the customs department and industrial works officoals on Aug 28 last year. Electrical and electronic waste is classified as hazardous waste under the Basel Convention to which 183 countries are parties. Imports of this kind of waste must receive prioi permission from the Thai goverment before they can be imported to Thailand.