The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to increase the monthly rubbish collection fee for households -- but those who properly sort their own rubbish prior to collection won't be required to pay the increased fee.
Deputy Bangkok governor Chakkaphan Phew-ngam said yesterday the decision was reached in an effort to encourage more people to sort their own rubbish.
He said the new rates will be reviewed by BMA's Legal and Litigation Department before being forwarded to the Bangkok Metropolitan Council for approval.
Under the plan, households which produce less than 20 litres of rubbish per day will be required to pay 60 baht per month, which is made of a 30-baht rubbish collection fee and a 30-baht disposal fee, starting from the middle of next year.
The proposed fee is lower than the rate that the BMA announced in 2019.
City Hall had planned to charge households which produce less than 20 litres of rubbish per day 80 baht per month for rubbish collection, but the new rate was never implemented due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Households which separate their own trash, however, will be allowed to keep paying the current rate of 20 baht, though they will need to register with their local district office beforehand to be eligible.
Meanwhile, households that produce 20-1,000 litres of rubbish per day will have to pay 120 baht a month, while those which produce over 1,000 litres of waste each day will be required to pay 8,000 baht.