SCGC Delivers Food-Grade Recycled Food Containers to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Ensuring Cleanliness and Safety Through Advanced Recycling Technology

Bangkok – May 11, 2026 SCG Chemicals or SCGC, led by Mr. Chatri Eamsobhana, Chief Commercial Officer, has delivered 10,500 food-grade recycled food containers to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The food containers are produced from used food containers collected from Bangkok activities and recycled by SCGC into new food containers through Advanced Recycling Technology, resulting in properties equivalent to virgin material and ensuring they are clean, safe, and suitable for food contact. The food containers will be used to package royal-provided meals for the public paying respects to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother at Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall. The handover was received by Mr. Chadchart Sittipunt, Governor of Bangkok, together with Mr. Sanon Wangsrangboon, Deputy Governor of Bangkok, and Mr. Pornphrom Vikitsreth, Adviser to the Governor of Bangkok, for further distribution by the Social Development Department and the Royal Kitchen, via Ms. Orathai Sakunee, Deputy Director of the Office of Royal Household Supply Division, Bureau of the Royal Household.

The food-grade recycled food containers are a result of collaboration between SCGC and BMA in sorting and collecting used food containers and plastic waste from various Bangkok activities. These materials are processed through Advanced Recycling Technology into Circular Naphtha, a feedstock for petrochemical production, and further developed into Certified Circular Polyolefin resins under the SCGC GREEN POLYMER initiative. These resins are safe for food contact and can be used to produce high-quality food containers.

This collaboration promotes a closed-loop plastic waste management system, ensuring that used plastics are continuously recycled and do not leak into the environment. It also maximizes resource efficiency in line with circular economy principles, supporting Bangkok’s policies on waste separation and landfill reduction, as well as its transition toward a low-carbon city, in alignment with SCGC’s Low Waste, Low Carbon strategy.

Previously, SCGC also recycled used food containers and used plastic food containers through Mechanical Recycling to produce 150 eco-friendly chairs, which were delivered earlier this year to support various Bangkok activities.