The Industry Ministry has blamed the illegal disposal of old refrigerators for the fridge waste washed into a housing estate in Chon Buri by recent rain.
Industry Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said on Tuesday the discarded refrigerator parts and broken styrofoam washed into Boonraksa Ville 2 housing estate in Sri Racha by heavy rain on July 4 originated at a refrigerator factory owned by Midea Intelligent Manufacturing Co in Nikhom Phatthana district of adjoining Rayong province.