ส.อ.ท. จับมือ สมอ. ดัน “End-of-Waste” เปลี่ยนกากอุตสาหกรรมสู่ “วัตถุดิบทุติยภูมิ” เร่งทำมาตรฐานใช้จริงFTI Collaborates with TISI to Promote “End-of-Waste” Transitioning Industrial Waste into “Secondary Raw Materials” Accelerating the Implementation of Practical Standards

FTI is advancing the concept of End-of-Waste (EoW) from a “waste management approach” to a “practical standard system for the industry” with hopes of transforming potential industrial waste back into quality secondary raw materials that can confidently enter the production process and reduce the use of new resources.

The core objective is to create standards and certification systems that instill confidence in the quality of waste materials among operators. The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), in collaboration with the Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC) and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Substance and Waste Management (CEHWM), and Chulalongkorn University, is moving forward to discuss with the Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) to integrate the EoW mechanism into the National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) of the country, reducing standard limitations and creating mechanisms that facilitate the recycling of resources back into the economic system.

[Pushing Synthetic Gypsum as the Pilot Project for Secondary Raw Material Standards]
On September 7, 2026, Mr. Prida Watcharathiansakun, Vice President of FTI and Chairman of the Water, Environment, and Climate Change Institute (WECCI), along with Mr. Pisanu Jaruphatthanasirikul, Board Member of the Institute, Mr. Surachai Wangratanchai, Institute Representative, and Ms. Suangrawee Khunthanakarn, Institute Director, met with Mr. Ekniti Ramayanon, Secretary-General of the Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) at Meeting Room 230, 2nd Floor, Thai Industrial Standards Institute.

The meeting agreed to designate Synthetic Gypsum as a pilot case for integrating EoW with a comprehensive standard and NQI system, initially focusing on gypsum by-products from the organic acid production industry, or Citro/Lacto-Gypsum, while promoting CaCake and used plaster mold gypsum into the standard development plan for 2027.

Another crucial issue is establishing guidelines so that EoW criteria and Thai Industrial Standards (TIS) can be interconnected and referenced together, to reduce the redundancy of testing and make it easier and more reliable for materials meeting the criteria to re-enter the production system.

[Expanding EoW to Digestate and Establishing Support Systems for Other Waste Types]
WECCI also proposed developing EoW standards for Digestate from the agricultural processing industry to reintegrate waste materials back into the agricultural sector. The meeting agreed to develop separate standards for Liquid Digestate and Solid Digestate alongside coordinating quality, safety, and legal agencies.

Additionally, the structure for collaboration among five working groups covering SDO registration, drafting standards for Synthetic Gypsum and CaCake, linking EoW criteria with TIS, and developing NQI for secondary raw materials was approved to lay the foundation for potential expansion to other types of industrial waste in the future.

This collaboration thus marks a shift from “Waste Management” to “Resource Management” by establishing standards, regulations, and trust for materials being reused, aligning with I5: Inclusive Sustainability under FTI’s 5I Strategy aimed at driving Green Industry and Circular Economy through collaboration among the industrial sector, government, and research sector, to ensure that resources are reused efficiently and create value for the Thai economy.