In a move to support the government's road map on garbage-disposal, Muang Ban Phru Municipality in Hat Yai district is pushing for a second waste-to-energy power plant in the province to be built on 30 rai of its 107-rai dumpsite.
The dumpsite has been getting some 80 tonnes of garbage daily since it was created in 1999. Of the daily waste deposited, some 20 tonnes come from Muang Ban Phru and the rest from other municipalities (40 tonnes from Khor Hong, 6 tonnes from Ban Rai and 16 tonnes from Pha Tong).