@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6576,
	  title     = {Sustainable Solutions for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Thailand},
	  author    = {Thaniya Kaosol},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {General as well as the MSW management in Thailand is reviewed in this paper. Topics include the MSW generation, sources, composition, and trends. The review, then, moves to sustainable solutions for MSW management, sustainable alternative approaches with an emphasis on an integrated MSW management. Information of waste in Thailand is also given at the beginning of this paper for better understanding of later contents. It is clear that no one single method of MSW disposal can deal with all materials in an environmentally sustainable way. As such, a suitable approach in MSW management should be an integrated approach that could deliver both environmental and economic sustainability. With increasing environmental concerns, the integrated MSW management system has a potential to maximize the useable waste materials as well as produce energy as a by-product. In Thailand, the compositions of waste (86%) are mainly organic waste, paper, plastic, glass, and metal. As a result, the waste in Thailand is suitable for an integrated MSW management. Currently, the Thai national waste management policy starts to encourage the local administrations to gather into clusters to establish central MSW disposal facilities with suitable technologies and reducing the disposal cost based on the amount of MSW generated.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering},
	  volume    = {3},
	  number    = {12},
	  year      = {2009},
	  pages     = {399 - 404},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6576},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/36},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 36, 2009},
	}