gjbones

Map Tha Phut is the largest industrial estate in thailand. It's midway between Sattahip and Rayong City. It has a big impact on the garbage dumping situation in Rayong area, as do the many fishing boats in this region. In addition, there are many large tanker ships and cargo ships that use Map Tha Phut harbour. It's a major centre of shipping. I live on the coast to the west of, but in sight of the "estate", and witness the garbage floating up to the beach at my home. The terminus of the oil offloading pipeline that stretches out into the gulf from the southern tip of Map Tha Phut harbour is on a line directly from this little stretch of beach.

Of course, plastic in thailand is a huge issue, but I believe a lot of the crapola on the beaches in Rayong comes from the ships, as well as, the rigging and other flotsam tossed over from fishing boats.

The other consideration regarding the Rayong beaches being garbage dumps is the west to east coastline that extends from Sattahip peninsula all the way past Rayong and down to Chantaburi, roughly at Pak Nam, before it turns south again. I'm not an expert on the regional tidal phenomena (other than to note it's usually a once a day high/low tide here), nor about gulf currents, but with all the junk making it's way to the ocean from Bkk, Samut Prakan, and the entire eastern coastline down to sattahip, I wonder if this west/east coastal stretch doesn't act like a landfall. If you travel further down the coast toward Trat the landfall of garbage doesn't seem to exist once past the easternmost stretch of coastline about 50Km past Rayong city. 

Does anybody know where to buy fire brick around Rayong? I am looking to build a pizza oven. Need brick and appropriate cement as well.

I would also be interested to buy a prefab oven kit if such a thing can be got hereabouts.

Thanks for the help.