FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are unloaded from a ship at a container terminal at the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo/File Photo
THAILAND, July 29 (The Nati0n/ANN): Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa has ordered an importer to ship 130 tonnes of goods categorised as garbage back to Australia, a senior official said on Thursday.
Atthapol Charoenchansa, director-general of the Pollution Control Department (PCD), said Varawut gave the order after a joint inspection by his department and the Customs Department found that a recent import by Inter Pacific Paper Co Ltd contained “municipality garbage” instead of used paper as declared by the company.
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