PHUKET: Phuket will celebrate HM The King's birthday this year with the distribution of 840,000 free cloth bags that should help to end Phuket's dependence on plastic bags and create more environmental awareness.
Tesco Senior Vice President Dr Darmp Sukontasap joined Phuket Energy Office Director Jirasak Dhamawej and Phuket enviro advocate Nick Anthony of Indigo Real Estate at a meeting today with Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha at Provincial Hall in Phuket City.
Khun Jirasak said the 840,000 bags - more than one for every person on Phuket - would be distributed close to HM The King's 84th birthday on December 5 around Phuket, in a first for Thailand.
Tesco and other supermarket brands would be able to place their individual logos on the cloth bags.
MoUs were also being negotiated with Phuket's resorts to reduce the number of plastic bags in circulation. Makro had already done away with plastic bags and other retail outlets and supermarkets on the island were likely to follow, Khun Jirasak said.
The aim was to reduce Phuket's daily garbage of 600 tonnes to 500 tonnes by obliterating plastic bags and encouraging recycling, he added.
Dr Darmp said Tesco was keen to support the moves on Phuket and would eventually charge customers for plastic bags. Rescycling bins would also become a feature of Tesco carparks later in the year, he added.
Other projects are aimed at making Phuket a ''low carbon'' island and wind-generated power, along with solar energy, had already been effective on two island off Phuket, Koh Racha and Koh Lon, the meeting heard.
Tesco Senior Vice President Dr Darmp Sukontasap joined Phuket Energy Office Director Jirasak Dhamawej and Phuket enviro advocate Nick Anthony of Indigo Real Estate at a meeting today with Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha at Provincial Hall in Phuket City.
Khun Jirasak said the 840,000 bags - more than one for every person on Phuket - would be distributed close to HM The King's 84th birthday on December 5 around Phuket, in a first for Thailand.
Tesco and other supermarket brands would be able to place their individual logos on the cloth bags.
MoUs were also being negotiated with Phuket's resorts to reduce the number of plastic bags in circulation. Makro had already done away with plastic bags and other retail outlets and supermarkets on the island were likely to follow, Khun Jirasak said.
The aim was to reduce Phuket's daily garbage of 600 tonnes to 500 tonnes by obliterating plastic bags and encouraging recycling, he added.
Dr Darmp said Tesco was keen to support the moves on Phuket and would eventually charge customers for plastic bags. Rescycling bins would also become a feature of Tesco carparks later in the year, he added.
Other projects are aimed at making Phuket a ''low carbon'' island and wind-generated power, along with solar energy, had already been effective on two island off Phuket, Koh Racha and Koh Lon, the meeting heard.
yes ! good action ! and bravo Makro; it's only to re-educate everyone...40 years ago my gran-ma use to go market with a basket, and tissus bag. The only bags wich should be free and largely distributed are the condoms ! but money is money...........
Posted by serge on June 16, 2011 19:02