Cases / Waste management · Thailand · 2024
Nine of ten e-waste storage sites in Thailand found unlicensed in 2024
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A 2024 inspection found nine of 10 e-waste storage sites in Thailand to be unlicensed, with lead and arsenic detected. The Thaiger described the operators as nominee-run Chinese recycling plants that leaked toxic waste.
What?
Inspection of e-waste storage sites in Thailand in 2024; nine of 10 were unlicensed and lead and arsenic were found. The Thaiger
Where?
Thailand, across several sites. The Thaiger
When?
2024 inspection, reported in 2024. The Thaiger
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Chinese recycling plants run by nominees operated without licences and leaked toxic waste, according to The Thaiger. The Thaiger
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
The Thaiger reported that a 2024 inspection found nine of 10 e-waste storage sites in Thailand to be unlicensed.
Lead and arsenic were also found, and the article described the plants as nominee-run Chinese recycling plants that leaked toxic waste across Thailand.
In court and with insurers
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Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: 12 e-waste plant closures in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia in 2024 and 2025; the reference has no link in the sources reviewed.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: after China's 2018 ban, e-waste flows moved to Thailand.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the operators or the sites, give the lead or arsenic amounts, or report any penalties.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether the sites were closed or the waste removed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Nominee-run Chinese recycling plants leaked toxic waste across ThailandThe Thaiger · 2024