Legal Measures Concerning Electronic Waste Management in Local Administrative Organizations

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Weerayut Sukhoyachai

Abstract

This article Authoritative analysis Legal Measures on Electronic Waste Management in Local Government Organizations Compared with international law. The results showed that Legal measures concerning electronic waste management in local administrative organizations should have specific legal provisions regarding electronic waste management system. In the content of the law, there must be assigned specific agencies that are obliged to take responsibility and care for electronic waste management system. There must also be regulatory measures stipulating the public to have role in bringing the electronic wastes for recycling. In the process of electronic waste management, it must start by defining the type of garbage or waste disposal habits. It is followed by handling, storage, collection, sorting, transport and recycling, treatment removal, including the recycling of equipment, parts or minerals that are still usable. Generally, most people do not separate the wastes before leaving them. In Thailand, people usually prefer to buy the waste material in the landfill or burn the dangerous wastes in the high temperature furnaces. In order to run the process, the state agencies are assigned for taking such responsibility and the local administrative organization has the main responsibility for the waste disposal in the community.

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Sukhoyachai, W. (2018). Legal Measures Concerning Electronic Waste Management in Local Administrative Organizations. Ph.D. In Social Sciences Journal, 8(S), 14–26. Retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/phdssj/article/view/135848
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