Open AccessSolid Waste Management in Bangkok at 2011 Thailand Floods
Author(s) -
Hirofumi Nakayama,
Takayuki Shimaoka,
Kiyoshi Omine,
Maryono Maryono,
Plubcharoensuk Patsaraporn,
Orawan Siriratpiriya
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2013.p0456
Subject(s) - flood myth , waste management , municipal solid waste , waste collection , economic shortage , environmental science , flooding (psychology) , engineering , geography , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , government (linguistics) , psychotherapist
A large amount of municipal and industrial flood waste was generated during a 2011 monsoon in Thailand. This paper examines the generation and disposal of flood waste related to Thailand floods using data obtained through field surveys and interviews with involved organizations. As a result, problems with flood waste treatment were found. These included a shortage of waste collection capacity such as vehicles and boats under emergency conditions, a lack of appropriately designed temporary waste storage at waste transfer stations, a lack of recycling systems for the wood waste that dominated waste from flooding, and the possibility thatmixed disposal ofmunicipal and industrial waste introduced contamination. To improve flood waste treatment, some proposals were provided for the predisaster, disaster and post-disaster stages.