NEDO Concludes MOU with Thai Department of Industrial Works on Demonstration Project for Recycling Waste Electronic Equipment

On September 13, 2019, NEDO concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Industrial Works (DIW) in the Thai Ministry of Industry (MOI). Under the MOU, the two sides will conduct a demonstration project on the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the Thai capital of Bangkok and surrounding areas.

In this demonstration project, with the goal of assisting Thailand in the development of a WEEE recycling system, NEDO will provide support for the development of recycling guidelines suitable for Thailand in parallel with the introduction of an integrated WEEE recycling system utilizing Japan's advanced WEEE recycling technology. In addition, the project aims to establish a recycling model where useful resources that cannot be processed in Thailand will be recycled in Japan and thereby realize an international resource circulation system.

The MOU signing ceremony took place at the DIW office in Bangkok in the presence of Thai MOI Chief of Inspector General Jullapong Thaveesri. The MOU was signed by NEDO Executive Director Shoji Kukita and DIW Director General Thongchai Chawalitpichaet.

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  NEDO Executive Director Kukita
  making remarks
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  NEDO Executive Director Kukita and DIW Director General Thongchai signing MOU

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  MOI Chief of Inspector General Jullapong
  with DIW Director General Thongchai and
  NEDO Executive Director Kukita