LEGAL MEASURES FOR CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE SPREAD OF POLLUTION CAUSED BY E-WASTE

บทคัดย่อ

This journal research aims to study the history, definition, concept, and theory of legal measures in claiming compensation arising from the spread of pollution caused by e-waste. Most of them are product waste from expired appliances and electronic products such as mobile phones, batteries, and computers. There will be the problem of being a victim in an environmental case; the problem is that many victims are injured in causing damage in the same issue, the problem of interpretation of the law between the action and the result, the problem regarding the proof of the number of injuries or compensation the plaintiff received, the problem of litigation expenses, and the problem of the environmental fund.

            The result of the research found that:

Legal measures are currently being used to deal with pollution problems, whether they are Administrative Measures, Civil Measures based on tort law in the Civil and Commercial Code, the principle of strict liability, Civil Liability according to the National Environmental Quality Promotion and Preservation Act, B.E. 2535, to bring a lawsuit to claim compensation from the spread of pollution, and the use of Criminal Measures, but the use of such measures has limitations in claiming damages from the reach of decay. No law in Thailand directly regulates claims for compensation arising from the reach of pollution caused by e-waste.