Surprise inspections at waste sorting and recycling plants in Samut Sakhon have found that 92% of them had violated the Factory Act, according to Industry Minister Varawut Silpa-archa. Officials inspected 146 facilities in the heavily industrialised province adjacent to Bangkok between Thursday and Friday.The crackdown targeted Type 105 factories, which handle waste sorting or non-hazardous waste landfill operations, and Type 106 factories, which recycle industrial waste.