Thai army cleans up beaches
The Thai army has revealed that it has cleaned up a number of beaches near Hua Hin with 100 soldiers over the past few days and the result was a 100-ton mess. The waste collected in 5 days consisted of plastic bottles, plastic bags, polystyrene packaging material and much more.
This time, the focus was on the beaches near Pranburi National Park where 1,5 tons of rubbish was collected over a length of 60 kilometers. Furthermore, from Hua Hin to the south, the beaches near Sam Roi Yot National Park were cleared of the attack, reaching the total of 100 tons.
In a very witty response to the message, it was noted that it was a pity that the smoking ban had not yet been announced on those beaches. If that smoking ban, about which there has been so much fuss, had applied, those soldiers would not have collected 100 tons, but only 99,8 tons.
Conclusion: good thing, that smoking ban or er…. Nope?
Source: Manager online
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I think someone comes to play with blue blood on the beach at Hua Hin.
My question then is on this excellent action: where has that waste now been dumped?
According to reports on Thai Visa, it is dumped in pits and burned.
Well, and if you think about it again, with all that plastic…..
The original story is at the link below. That reaction about smoking ban and butts was on ThaiVisa.
The original message also states that ten pits were dug on the beach into which the waste was dumped. There's a photo of that too. Another part of the waste was transported to a landfill in Pranburi and Hua Hin.
https://mgronline.com/local/detail/9600000110605
Look in Thailand they think of the archaeologists of the future - about 2000 years from now - who find it very exciting and interesting to dig up old waste.
It's mopping with the tap open because believe me, it will be there again within 5 days
Just lie down on the beach for a few hours between the butts and ? how does it feel and how does it smell.?
So what those 200 kilos! butts are concerned, a superfluous question.
There are certainly tourists who are not so precise with their waste, but with such actions I get the feeling that the army only takes precedence against these tourists.
In the first place, the problem is not the tourist who does not take things too seriously with his plastic waste, but much more the large supermarkets and small businesses that distribute this packaging in masses for free.
As long as this plastic madness is not tackled at the source, mopping will continue with the tap open.
In any case, it is a good thing to create as much smoke-free public space as possible. Especially in Thailand, where there are relatively many smokers, including among the youth. The less young people are tempted to (start) smoking, the better. Not only will pollution of the beach by carelessly discarded butts decrease as a result of the smoking ban, but, and this is much more important, pollution of the lungs will also decrease. And of course the Thai mentality with regard to plastic packaging will have to change radically. Will save tons of waste on the beach and in the sea.
If the Thai army has to clean up all the garbage in all of Thailand (not just the beaches), then the soldiers will be happy for many years to come. And the sea is also a landfill.
A change of mentality is needed to stop throwing waste on beaches, grounds and streets. And this for both Thai and tourists.
Thailand would be even more fun with less waste.
What material is this waste made of? Are these tourists, or the ships or is it brought in from inland with the rivers and…..sewers.
Exaggeration is also an art, it would mean that every soldier has cleaned up 1000 kilos of waste. Most of the waste is plastic bottles and bags and tempex food bowls. Try to collect 1000 kilos of that, of course it would be nice if it were and nice for the media. The main question remains, of course, why they pick it up while they flick it just as cheerfully along the side of the road a kilometer further, just media pull ???
smoking is fine as long as ashtrays are handed out
or half a bottle with water in it then it doesn't smell and the non smokers are also in the (clean) traffic
eff and the smokers are no longer welcome anywhere, speaking of discrimination
Apart from the complaints about where the waste comes from, see the previous reactions, I think it's very good what the military are doing. Positive and an example to others and a useful task during the service.
At least let the tourists lead by example. And don't leave a mess anywhere.
Last time I go to Thailand after 33 years, always ask for an ashtray on the beach. Let them fine the people who throw away their butts, seems a better idea to me.
they are doing well
can july prepare my beach chair?
I will arrive in 2 weeks
first traveling around the north of Thailand
is it clean there too?
First of all, I don't see any trash cans in the photos. So then you provoke people to leave rubbish behind.
Furthermore, it is again a picture for the press / TV. A whole army of soldiers with rakes in the air. I would think that using a shovel / dozer is much more efficient. But yes, who am I?
I also get the idea from the photos that this is not the mess of a day or even a week. So:
* place garbage cans and
* clean beaches more regularly with larger equipment
* digging a pit and dumping rubbish in it does not solve much indeed. It is again cosmetic work for "the picture" instead of structurally tackling.
And finally: prohibit that plastic bags / bags are ALWAYS provided when food is sold. Or else oblige to buy such a bag / bag. That will already save a lot of junk.