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Byline: Somporn Thapanachai
Sep. 3--For one Thai company, rubbish has been a catalyst for innovation. Royal Equipment Co Ltd is successfully marketing its design of a garbage truck that has separate chambers for different recyclable materials.
The company received a patent for its invention early in 2000 and raised a low-interest loan from the National Science and Technology Development Agency to build a prototype truck.
Royal Equipment was established in 1978 to sell tools for maintenance of water pumps.
Later, it sold garbage trucks and water tankers, as well as labour-saving devices for municipal work.
A setback followed ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Truck Offers Waste Solution in Thailand.