Cap seals being phased out

PHOTO: Thai Travel News

The Pollution Control Department has sought cooperation from 7,000 water bottle manufacturers to stop using plastic cap seals within a year, in order to reduce plastic waste.

The department has also sent letters to 19 ministries, the Food and Drug Administration and the Federation of the Thai Industries to seek their cooperation in promoting water bottles without the clear plastic cap seals. They are expected to cultivate an understanding among their employees that drinking from a bottle without the seal is just as safe.

To eliminate cap seals nationwide, schools, hotels, religious institutes, banks and airlines are being discouraged from buying bottles with cap seals. Cap seals are expected to be phased out completely during 2019.

STORY: National News Bureau