How I Reduced My Waste by 90%
Happy 2022 to our beautiful community! Santa’s elves have been hard at work to bring you a new guide to simplify recycling in Thailand. This is a small gift to help you with your NY decluttering and recycling efforts throughout the rest of the year. We sincerely hope it will be helpful to have all this information in one place. Together let’s make 2022 in Thailand greener than ever.
COMPANY CONTACTS (Please rinse/clean all plastics before sending!)
Trash Lucky - Home pickup service with small fee. Contact Line: @trashlucky to create a membership & arrange for pickup 24 hrs beforehand (they send the recyclables to Wongpanit).
*Send via mail: Trash Lucky, 496 Soi Sathu Pradit 49, Bang Phong Phang, Yannawa, Bangkok 10120
*Ship via 7-11’s SPEED-D: Trash Lucky, Tel. 092-469-6401, 7-11 Branch 13871
Won - Won Project, TPBI Public Company Limited, 42/174, Moo 5, Raikhing, Sampran, Nakornpathom, 73210 :
Drop Off points around Bangkok
CirPlas - Cirplas accepts all plastics, which they recycle into trendy home decor, and gives you a 10% discount to shop Qualy home decor.
*Send via mail: Cirplas, 597/102-103 Soi Chareonrat 7 Yaek 7, Bangklo, Bangkolaem, Bangkok 10120
*Go in person: Bring to their head office south of Sathorn (Google Maps location); the Qualy home decor is right across the street
Environplast - รับซื้อโฟม EPS เพื่อการรีไซเคิล - Send to Environplast, 29/1 Moo 9, Khlong Khoi, Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, 11120
GREEN ROAD / Dr.Pow Green Road - They upcycle multilayer plastics into building bricks and road pavements.
*Send to: Green Road Project 148/3 Village No. 19, Makhuea Chae, Amphoe Mueang, Lamphun 51000 | Tel: +66 88 684 3104 *Please note they’re on break from accepting parcels until after Jan 06
N15 Technology - Last resort for items that cannot be recycled elsewhere. N15 will burn them for fuel.
*Option 1: Send to the shop 7-11, 7-11 Branch 13127 (Careonsin Thani Phanthong)
*Option 2: Send to the factory: N15 Technology Co., Ltd., 700/754 Phanthong, Phan Thong, Chonburi 20160 | Tel: 086-334-2612 (K. Somboon)
*Sending instructions (Cr. Sara Jadya Chow):
ผักDone - Order your home composting kit from ผักDone
(Please note there are a few other companies, services, and apps that also help with recycling whose work we’d like to feature later in this series. There are also many drop off points around Bkk such as the large drop off point for glass, aluminum, plastics etc at Siam Paragon that we will feature in a future post.)
REUSE
Bangkok Recycling Chain - Bubble wrap, boxes, paper bags, glass bottles, glass jars, and any other consumables that can be reused
DISCARD RESPONSIBLY
E-waste (charging cords, plugs, laptops, phones) - AIS shops, Thai post offices
Aerosol bottles - Emporium B1 parking
Batteries - Emporium B1 parking, Park Ventures, IKEA parking lot recycle bins
Lightbulbs - IKEA parking lot recycle bins
Old glasses - Red Cross
Broken electronics - BRC Guide
Toner cartridges - HP Siam
Old receipts, notebook paper - Greenway Project
Expired medications - Will add later
Old/expired makeup - Will add later
DONATE (FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES / RESALE FOR GOOD CAUSES)
Clothes & Household items - Bangkok Community Help Foundation (distributes to local communities)
Old books - Squiggles Charity Shoppe (resale to support animal rescue)
Sauce packets - Mail to or drop off at Calvary Baptist Church Office at Sukhumvit Soi 2 for their refugee community
Old towels and sheets and rugs - Local pet shelters (Hin Lek Fai Dog Rescue-Thailand, The Adoptable Puppy Cafe)
Note that even if you don’t live in Bkk, most of these companies / charities also accept recyclables / donations by mail.
If I’ve missed anything, or if there are any suggested changes or useful info that can be added here, please contact me to let me know.
Visit: Bangkok Recycling Chain Blog or the Guides tab at the top of the group for more tips and details!
With thanks to our admins @Alisa Riley for the graphic design, and Sara Jadya Chow and other BRC members for loads of helpful info.
Thank you for reading!
