E-waste found in six containers at Laem Chabang
Six of 10 suspicious containers inspected on Wednesday at Laem Chabang Port in Chon Buri were found to contain electronic circuit boards mixed in with cargo declared as aluminium scrap.
Six containers out of 10 inspected at Laem Chabang Port in Chon Buri were discovered to contain electronic circuit boards mixed with cargo declared as aluminium scrap, according to the Pollution Control Department. The alert was received from the Basel Action Network, an organization monitoring violations of the Basel Convention aimed at reducing hazardous waste toxicity.
The declared cargo weighed over 202.9 tonnes with an approximate value of 12.4 million baht. The six containers, found to hold prohibited e-waste, were part of 10 containers inspected at two port locations. Importing electronic waste has been banned in Thailand since 2020, with regulations expanded in 2025 to cover 463 types of e-waste.
The cargo's origin remains unidentified, and the department plans to report the findings to Customs Department for potential legal actions. In March, Thai authorities confiscated 284 tonnes of electronic waste at Laem Chabang Port from 12 containers falsely claimed to contain scrap metal from Haiti, which actually originated in the United States.
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