{
  "id": 3177646,
  "title": "Chiang Rai’s Plastic Waste Problem: Causes and Costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/chiang-rais-plastic-waste-problem-causes-and-costs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T03:10:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/environment/chiang-rais-plastic-waste/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A plastic bag from a Chiang Rai home, shop, festival, or tourist area can travel farther than expected. Rain can push it into a drain, where it may reach a disposal site, the Mae Kok River, or the Mekong; cleanup surveys near Chiang Saen have also found plastic bottles, bags, and food containers around piers […] The post Chiang Rai’s Plastic Waste Problem: Causes and Costs first appeared on…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}