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Flea Markets

Nightingale Olympic Pahurat intersection, 02-221-9733. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5:30pm. Your great grandparents will tell you that this haunted-looking seven-story building was once a very popular department store standing proud even before the first big Central. Well, Thailand’s first mall is still alive and creepy. Rather than closing up shop, the owners just decided to keep selling […]

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Buy Vintage

Books & Music Dasa Book Café 714/4, between Sukhumvit Soi 26-28, 02-661-2993. www.dasabookcafe.com. Open daily 10am-8pm. This two-story book café is possibly the best secondhand bookshop in town, stocking over 16,000 books in several languages (mainly English). There’s lots of current stuff, like fairly recent bestsellers and prize-winners. You can even check out their online

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Recycle

Its not as easy to recycle in Bangkok as it is in most developed countries. But, if there’s a will, there’s a way! General Household Waste General waste includes things like milk cartons, plastic bottles, glass bottles. Unfortunately there is no formal recycling scheme in Thailand. Larger businesses and apartment buildings can sell recyclable materials

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Sustainable and Recycled Wood

Sustainable Wood The FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. The FSC certification ensures that the forest products used are from responsibly harvested and verified sources. For more details on FSC Certification and the criteria for accreditation, see the FSC website for more details. As at October 2010, the FSC Database lists 69 Thai companies

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