The Office of the Cane and Sugar Board (OCSB) has asked two major sugar companies in Thailand to stop purchasing sugarcanes harvested by burning.
OCSB Secretary General Bainoi Suwanchatree announced that 58 sugar milling factories across the country were asked to cooperate in avoiding cane purchases from plantations using burning methods to cut costs. This cooperation period was set from January 3 to 12, aiming to provide clean air as a gift for National Children’s Day on January 12.
Bainoi noted that most factories complied with the request, but six plants belonging to Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation and Thai Roong Ruang Sugar Group did not fully cooperate. As a result, the OCSB instructed these companies to ensure compliance with the cooperation request, reported The Nation.
The six plants involved and their purchase ratios of burned cane compared to non-burned cane are as follows:
Suphan Buri Sugar Plant: 58.8%
Udon Thani Thai Sugar Plant: 41.68%
Mitr Kalasin Plant in Kalasin: 35.66%
Erawan Sugar Plant in Nong Bua Lamphu: 27.05%
Thai Roong Ruang Plant in Sakon Nakhon: 26.99%
Ruam Kasettakorn Plant in Khon Kaen: 20.06%
