Mae Raeng Municipality

Thailand
Summary
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    Population 7345
  • km 2
    Area 16.0
  • USD
    GDP 1 Thousand
  • emission
    Targets by N/A N/A
Targets

Targets by Mae Raeng Municipality

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Actions
Reduce waste from the traditional ceremony project - Mae Raeng Municipality
  • Start year: 2010
  • Type: Education/Awareness Raising
  • Status: In operation

From the analysis of waste source, we found that traditional ceremonies created a lot of waste such as food container and other material in the funeral which cannot be reuse. The community has commit to reduce or use the reuse materials instead, resulting the waste were reduce from 10 bags/event to be about 5 bags/event.

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Sectors:
  • Residential
  • Waste
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Zero waste community model - Mae Raeng Municipality
  • Start year: 2012
  • Type: Public Participation/Stakeholder engagement
  • Status: In operation

Phabuk, agricultural community, ever faced the waste problem and burning organic waste problem. The meeting was set up to solve the problem and has come up with "No disposal, No buring" campaign. Every house will separate the waste into 3 types and these recyclable waste will bring to sell on every Sunday. And the organic waste will bring together to made a fertilizers. The community has receive the zero waste community by this campaign.

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Sectors:
  • Waste
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Spece create food - Mae Raeng Municipality
  • Start year: 2010
  • Type: Public Participation/Stakeholder engagement
  • Status: In operation

The community in municipality area are located aways from the fresh market. The people have to use vehicels to go to the market which increase the energy cost. The municipality together with local people have created "space create food" campaign by gardening in free space of each house. From this campaign, people can reduce transportation fee, fuel fee, and vegetable cost, as well as reduce carbon dioxide emission.

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Sectors:
  • Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
  • Waste
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Energy Saving in Municipal Office - Mae Raeng Municipality
  • Start year: 2012
  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: Completed

After cardon footprint analysis of municipality, it shows that electricity use in the office was very high. So, we have established the energy saving campaign in municipal office beginning from turn off unused light bulb and plant more trees in the office area in order to reduce the use of air condition.

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Sectors:
  • Buildings
  • Facilities
  • Industrial processes and product use (IPPU)
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Prevention and control of Dengue fever Project - Mae Raeng Municipality
  • Start year: 2014
  • Type: Education/Awareness Raising
  • Status: Completed

The time befor epidemic season, April to June of every year , Maerang municipality will perform the prevention of dengue virus. Staffs and volunteers will raise awarness in community of the important and dangerous of infectious disease, as well as destruct mosquito breeding sites and surveillance of an outbreak.

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Sectors:
  • Human health
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Inventories
Community inventories

GHG emission from Mae Raeng Municipality
GHG inventory in
Government operations inventory

The Mae Raeng Municipality has reported 1 government operational inventory, since 2012. In its latest inventory, compiled in 2012, the Waste management, Transport and Agriculture, forest and other land use are identified as key emission sources.

GHG emission from Mae Raeng Municipality
GHG inventory in 2012
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