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Thai Buddhist monks recycle plastic bottles to make saffron robes, Phra Pradaeng, Thailand - 29 May 2023
A Thai worker loads bales of pressed recyclable plastic bottles at Wat Chak Daeng temple in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 29 May 2023. Issued 01 June 2023 At What Chak Daeng temple, Thai Buddhist monks have set up a cooperative between the temple and community members to recycle used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles and transform them into saffron robes. The World will mark the 2023 Environment Day on 05 June with a focus on "solutions to plastic pollution". While worshippers in other temples usually donate food and daily necessities as alms, here they are encouraged to collect and bring in used or discarded plastic bottles. The monks then sort them accordingly from the non-recyclable trash. Workers help to crunch and press them into portable bales to be transported to factories where they are shredded into flakes, manufactured into polyester fibres, spun into yarns and then weaved and dyed into saffron coloured fabrics. The recycled cloth is then returned to the temple where volunteers cut and sew them into new saffron robes for the monks. About 60 1.5 litre plastic bottles can be converted to one set of robes for the monks. The temple usually receives donations of about 10 tons of plastic bottles per month. Thailand is one of the world's largest plastic polluters with more than two millions tons of plastic waste generated each year. The Thai government announced in February 2023 that it will completely ban the import of all plastic waste effective from 1st January 2025.ข้อมูลสำคัญ
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