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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
As Thailand continues its efforts to dispense with the coronavirus, at least as a devastating pandemic, another major challenge has emerged: how to dispose of medical waste. The use of face masks and antigen test kits (ATKs) has become the new normal, generating huge amounts of potentially infectious waste that poses a health threat if not properly managed. Reports by local media on Monday detailed how residents in Nonthaburi’s Bang Bua Thong complained that facial masks and ATKs were being mixed with regular household waste. Alarmingly, the same situation seems to be happening in most parts o…
