On May 20, 2026, the Deputy Director-General of the Department of Industrial Works (DIW), attended a meeting with the Senate Committee on Commerce and Industry. The meeting aimed to follow up on the progress of resolving the illegal dumping cases in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province (the case involving Aek Uthai Co., Ltd.), with representatives from relevant agencies. Following the DIW's discovery in 2022 of extensive illegal dumping and improper management of industrial waste and chemical...

DIW and the Customs Department have intensified inspections of suspicious cargo to prevent the illegal import of industrial and electronic waste into the country On May 19, 2026, the Department of Industrial Works (DIW), in collaboration with the Laem Chabang Port Customs Office, inspected suspicious cargo containers suspected of containing scrap metal mixed with electronic waste (E-waste) and industrial chemical wastes, seized by the Laem Chabang Port Customs Office. The importing company...

On May 7, 2026, the Deputy Director-General of the Department of Industrial Works (DIW) along with relevant officials and Representatives from General Environmental Conservation Public Company Limited (GENCO), attended a meeting of the Oversight and Monitoring Committee for the Samae Dam Industrial Waste Management Center and the Environmental Conservation Research and Development Center in Ratchaburi Province. The meeting aimed to review operational progress. The DIW has formally contracted...