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Lurid toy weapons are ubiquitous sight in soaking Songkran celebrations
Super sharp soaker: A reveler in Bangkok uses a water gun on April 12 during the Songkran holiday, which marks the Thai New Year. Authorities are looking to recycle such toys after they are discarded. © Reuters
APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT
BANGKOK — Local authorities in Thailand’s capital are teaming up with a major chemicals company to recycle the colorful water guns brandished by revelers during the nation’s famous Songkran festival, turning them into naphtha and other key materials used to churn out plastics amid a global shortage sparked by the Iran war.