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Post plastic? Let's get back to basics

BangkokPost.com 

Excessive use of plastic bags has created serious environmental problems ever since the product was first introduced to Thailand. But plastic waste has never been tackled effectively. Tonnes of the stuff is dumped daily at rubbish sites around the country, with the waste piling up and becoming mountains of plastic. Authorities continue to secure more plots for dumping. Campaigns to address plastic...

A big comeback

BangkokPost.com 

Engulfed in light and stars, two men began singing their well-known tunes to the mesmerised crowd. Above them were a collage of pictures from their heyday as the country's top boy band. Sitting among the audience, we gazed at those pictures projected onto the dome of the Bangkok Planetarium as memories of younger years came flooding in. Three faces were smiling happily from above, while on stage...

Falling on deaf ears

BangkokPost.com 

I've always had a soft spot for the Siam Sinfonietta Orchestra … not just because it's great to hear young people play classical music, but also for the soap opera that plays out constantly behind the scenes as it struggles to remain in existence.

Portrait Of An Artist

BangkokPost.com 

"I just don't wanna be back in this place again/ I mean, I done cried a little/ Tried a little, failed a little/ I don't wanna do it again," Brittany Howard confesses on History Repeats, a funky opener to her solo debut Jaime. Built on acid jazz and neo-soul groove, the song bustles with the genre-blurring spirit of her former band Alabama Shakes and her own irreverent energy. Singing those words,...

Judiciary must clear up doubts

BangkokPost.com 

The attempted suicide by a senior judge in Yala is a wakeup call for the judiciary to eradicate what appears to be an unspoken anomaly in the legal system.

Dust in the wind and down the throat

BangkokPost.com 

You know there's something amiss in Bangkok when you wake up to the sounds of birds coughing. Well maybe it wasn't quite that bad, but this week our feathered friends sounded decidedly under the weather. So it came as no surprise to read the gloomy headlines about "toxic smog" returning to Bangkok.

Injury makes Chanathip doubtful for UAE clash

BangkokPost.com 

Thailand's preparations for their third 2022 World Cup Asian zone qualifier with the UAE on Oct 15 have been left in turmoil as midfielder Chanathip Songkrasin has picked up an injury that could sideline him for more than two weeks.

The Lithium Price Slide Isn’t Over Yet

Oilprice.com 

Despite the lofty expectations for demand from electric vehicles, where lithium-ion batteries dominate, prices for the raw material are now languishing at two-year lows. Free-on board prices of lithium carbonate from South American brine ponds are down 31 percent over the past year to average $10,375 a tonne in September, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence data. At the same time, ex-works prices in China have collapsed from a peak of $24,750 in March last year to below South America export prices. Читать дальше...





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