webfact Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Jomtien beach back to pristine splendor.... until the next time Picture: Manager Online Manager online said that Jomtien beach was clean again after damning pictures appeared earlier in the week with tourists sunbathing among the trash. They posted pictures of clean sand and workers busily picking up the mess. The local authority reacted quite swiftly to a mountain of complaints as big as the trash that blew in from the sea after it flowed out following heavy rains and flooding at the resort. But once again it was the rain and the floods that got the blame. Nobody mentioned the people who tossed the trash out in the street in the first place. Picture: Manager Online Still, at least the local authority told the media that they are ready at all times. They will have to be - the monsoon season in the Pattaya area may have a few more weeks to run yet. Source: Manager Online -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-10-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, webfact said: Jomtien beach back to pristine splendor.... until the next time Jomtien beach back to pristine splendor....until next week, would probably be a more accurate headline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 The pictures are already on youtube and will stay there forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Don't you just love the positive thinkers on this topic.....how dull life would be for people if they looked at life with nothing but doom and gloom.....thankfully none of those on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Wonder where they dumped all the trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbagwill Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 this reminds be of poor Sisyphus Until their is a national /international effort to address the pollution problems of the Gulf then the situation will only remain or get worse. ...and as asked - they might begin by considering ew=here they are putting the rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbagwill Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 43 minutes ago, dotpoom said: Don't you just love the positive thinkers on this topic.....how dull life would be for people if they looked at life with nothing but doom and gloom.....thankfully none of those on here? I think rose-tinted spectacles are more dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadon Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 40 minutes ago, Airbagwill said: this reminds be of poor Sisyphus Until their is a national /international effort to address the pollution problems of the Gulf then the situation will only remain or get worse. ...and as asked - they might begin by considering ew=here they are putting the rubbish Definition of Sisyphus. : a legendary king of Corinth condemned eternally to repeatedly roll a heavy rock up a hill in Hades only to have it roll down again as it nears the top. 55555... Good one Air bag, I watched that movie last night also! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Off-topic, but why tf are the lamp-posts located almost in the middle of that rather narrow pavement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvavin Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 13 minutes ago, simon43 said: Off-topic, but why tf are the lamp-posts located almost in the middle of that rather narrow pavement? Planning & design need real brain but not in this country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Some off topic posts have been removed, topic is: Jomtien beach back to pristine splendor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffggi Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, jacko45k said: Wonder where they dumped all the trash. Koh Larn of course or deposited offshore somewhere......Out of site out of comment..!! Edited October 18, 2017 by Geoffggi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 13 minutes ago, wvavin said: Planning & design need real brain but not in this country! 27 minutes ago, simon43 said: Off-topic, but why tf are the lamp-posts located almost in the middle of that rather narrow pavement? This is actually a very well thought out safety feature designed so that as drunk farangs stagger down the path they will collide with the lamp-posts thus alerting them to danger and preventing them from falling in to the road and getting flattened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan B Tong Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Hmmm. Just how frigging smart do you have to be to ask Alibaba for a quote for a beach cleaning machine, buy it and import it? These babies can clean 7 + acres an hour picking up all the craps that is dropped as litter or washed in. They even pick up cigarette ends! Maybe our Chinese friends could toss one in for each submarine purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 2 hours ago, jacko45k said: Wonder where they dumped all the trash. Pattaya Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 10 minutes ago, mikebell said: Pattaya Beach. ... and no one noticed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumbini Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 That's a different section of beach than where the pictures were taken of dirty beach Monday ... let's see the before and after of same section please . That machine could never go where Monday's pictures were taken as when they cut down the big trees in that area near the Russian market they replaced with clutters of palm trees close together ruining that beach trash or not . Don't mean to be negative just telling it like it is [emoji37] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 1 hour ago, pattayadon said: Definition of Sisyphus. : a legendary king of Corinth condemned eternally to repeatedly roll a heavy rock up a hill in Hades only to have it roll down again as it nears the top. 55555... Good one Air bag, I watched that movie last night also! lol I have learnt something today while sitting and looking at TV. I thought Sisyphus was something you caught from dirty bar stools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmacken306 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 2 hours ago, jacko45k said: Wonder where they dumped all the trash. Oh! didn't you see it over there back in the corner of that alley OVER THERE --->--v___>---\___/>>>>v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadgw Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 38 minutes ago, Curmudgeon1 said: Take note... this is just one sample of many manufacturers for beach cleaning machines.... https://www.beach-tech.com/en.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1fj89Zz51gIVwxBoCh1-LgoFEAAYBCAAEgJ3QfD_BwE Lets get real... there's a serious problem... it needs to be addressed regardless of the bandaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anagami Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 HYSTERICAL! How exactly is the shit-stained, ultra-polluted water 'pristine'? Ah! I get it!!! Water does NOT count as a part of the beach! Thai logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpharma Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 3 hours ago, jacko45k said: Wonder where they dumped all the trash. come and see next week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpicyMeatball Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Jomtien beach back to pristine splendor.... until the next time Yeah, within 72 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Going back a half century or so, I can clearly remember at primary school in Australia, being taught the basics of non-littering, and to use the (correct) bins - waste and re-cycling. Besides, we got a few coins back for each empty glass bottle returned. My kids had the same treatment, and as soon as they were walking, they started on picking up leaves. We explained that they were nature's compost, and they knew what that was. The throw-away system here is rather awful, as you can see behind most villages, which often look like plastic bag farms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soistalker Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 It is my contention that most of the trash on the beach comes from Thais on the beach. I watch them throw trash on Jomtien Beach with the frequency of Soi dogs crapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 "Pristine Splendor"" Photo taken at 06.15 . By 08.30 a rubbish tip again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemises Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Beach looks great. But what about the water quality???? What good is a clean beach when you get sick if you (are stupid enough to) go into the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpicyMeatball Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Most civilised countries, cities, counties & by-laws have four bins for refuse; one for paper, one for plastic, one for glass & one for metals. Seems to have caught on rather diligently back home with no fuss. People now a days are becoming more respectful of the environment. Doubtful it ever will here. Pristine beaches will be found elsewhere & tourist $$ will diminish from Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarth Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Juan B Tong said: Hmmm. Just how frigging smart do you have to be to ask Alibaba for a quote for a beach cleaning machine, buy it and import it? These babies can clean 7 + acres an hour picking up all the craps that is dropped as litter or washed in. They even pick up cigarette ends! Maybe our Chinese friends could toss one in for each submarine purchased. how simple, now to find a way to stop the sh-t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xminator Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Thing is, they might be right about their flooding statement. It happens everywhere when there is massive flooding. People store stuff where water normally not go. Flood comes, that stuff ends up in the ocean, and no matter what it looked like it becomes trash. Of course, reduced use of plastic and quick collection for recycling of said plastic is the main thing. Even so, any beach will be littered with about anything after a storm. Even nature made bio stuff looks like trash for a long time. If there is a system for collection that is good. This is where the deckchair system works. For any part of the beach that is public, there need to be a public system to clean the beach of a clean beach is what the public wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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