Prachinburi:Efforts are underway to clean up an oil spill in the province following floods linked to a chemical spill from industrial waste. Machinery at the implicated industrial waste processing plant has been seized in compliance with the Industrial Factory Act.

According to Thai News Agency, Industry Minister Varawut Silpa-archa has tasked Mr. Apirak Amsuriya, the Prachinburi Provincial Industry Officer, with investigating the spill at a facility located in the Sri Maha Pho District. This incident, involving the Green Environment Technology Co., Ltd. in Hua Wa Subdistrict, has resulted in oil contamination at the landfill and fuel recycling plant. To address the spill, vacuum pumps have been deployed to remove the oil slick from the water surface outside the plant.

Mr. Phaskorn Chairat, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, has directed the Prachinburi Provincial Industry Office to inspect various factories for compliance issues and nominee arrangements. The Ministry has mandated the immediate closure of any facility found in clear violation of legal standards. Following a recent inspection of G.K.C. Recycle Co., Ltd. in Bo Thong Subdistrict, Kabin Buri District, the office issued a notice and confiscated materials and machinery under the Factory Act and Hazardous Substances Act. This inspection, conducted on October 10, 2016, involved officials from the Pollution Control Office Region 7, the Prachinburi Provincial Office of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Bo Thong Subdistrict Administrative Organization.