Well, I forgot something to mention: though the beach road was cleaned every morning every day hundreds of glass beer bottles and all sort of plastic was scattered along the beach, including rest of food.
There is hardly any sense to protect the environment or to use bins or take/carry your waste to the next bin basket/barrel.
But hey. The beach is our's again, no half year farangs around anymore, normal Thai life....Up to the next public holidayπ€