The government is considering raising more than fivefold the maximum monthly garbage collection fee to 220 baht per household from 40 baht. [1] The study on the pros and cons of the increase is being conducted deputy government spokesman สันเสริญ แก้วกำเนิด quoted Interior Minister Gen Anupong Paojinda as saying at a cabinet meeting Tuesday. [2] Waste management in Thailand is not efficient and the government needs to allocate more funding to improve it, he said. Gen Anupong said agencies in charge of garbage disposal handled some 26 million tonnes of waste each year, or about 60,000 every day. [3] Maj Gen Sansern said the shortfall in waste management costs was about 10 billion baht and local administrations were currently shouldering the burden. [4]