Every year, up to 100,000 funeral wreaths are discarded and, if not properly processed, add to the waste in landfills. Over the years, many businesses have tried to find new ways of using wreaths but even the recycled ones tend to end up in the garbage.

His Majesty the King graciously sent a wreath to the funeral of a tambon councillor and volunteer who fell sick and died after bracing the floodwaters to help victims in Ubon Ratchathani.