TY - JOUR
TI - Material flows analysis of plastic in Thailand
AU - Bureecam Chira
AU - Chaisomphob Taweep
AU - Sungsomboon Praj-Ya
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2018
VL - 22
IS - 6
SP - 2379
EP - 2388
PT - Article
AB - A study of the plastics materials flow analysis (MFA) in Thailand was aim to  show the flow of plastic materials through production, consumption and waste  management based on the year 2013 and projection to the year 2020. This  paper finds the plastic waste generation increasing steadily in line with  population growth and increasing consumption. In addition, the simulation  under waste management three scenarios includes the following: the business  as usual (BAU), increasing recycled rate set on the National Solid Waste  Management Master Plan (2016 -2021) and increasing in rate of energy  recovery by the Alternative Energy Development Plan 2015-2036 (AEDP 2015).  The plastic material flow analysis (MFA) has shown that the implementation  of the National Solid Waste Management Master Plan (2016 -2021) or the  Alternative Energy Development Plan 2015-2036 (AEDP 2015) can reduce  uncollected waste and improper waste disposal. Moreover, there is benefit by  adding value from recycled materials and energy recovery.