webfact Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Trash scares tourists off Hua Hin beach - spurs authorities to clean up action Picture: Daily News A massive influx of trash along the whole Hua Hin coastline at the weekend scared tourists off the beach. Storms were blamed. Daily News reported that foreign visitors were appalled at the mess of plastic bottles and other rubbish and would not go into the sea. This prompted the authorities into decisive action to save tourism - the deputy governor of Prajuab Khiri Khan and local municipal chiefs commandeered army personnel and tourist police. On Sunday some 100 helpers cleared a 5 kilometer stretch of sand from the Centara Grand Resort and Villa south to Khao Takiap. Meanwhile a depression was causing more flooding in the area with residents in some locations warned to move valuable items up to the second floor if possible. Small boats were also warned to stay in harbor during the period of October 31st to November 3rd. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-10-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 "Storms were blamed".....Yes, but who threw the rubbish into the water to begin with......It doesn't grow there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d2b2 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 ...and it just keeps pouring onto the beach daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 21 minutes ago, d2b2 said: ...and it just keeps pouring onto the beach daily. ...they didn't throw it into the water. They merely dropped it into the nearest drain. Which is why drains in some Western cities have moulded into the concrete tops "this flows into our sea". If you position your car just right on the footpath, you can also drain the sump oil, directly into the drain. I've seen it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Thai authorities: "We fined the storm 500 baht and told him to go to Cambodia." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 Pran Buri park seeks help from soldiers after tonnes of garbage washes ashore By The Nation Pran Buri Marine Park is seeking help from a local Army camp for soldiers to help collect garbage at the park’s beach after tonnes of garbage washed ashore. The park’s chief, Somsak Krithathorn, said on Monday the 1,200-metre-long beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Pran Buri district had been awash with garbage for the last two days. Somsak said park officials had worked all day to collect garbage but had not been able to clean the beach as garbage continued to wash ashore. Somsak said the park had sought help from the Thanarat Fort and asked for garbage trucks from the local administration. The detritus swamping the beach included wood, coconuts, foam boxes, plastic bags and bottles, and various discarded items such as clothes and shoes. Somsak said park officials believed the garbage had been washed into the sea by floodwaters through rivers in the Central provinces and then thrown back on the beach by waves. He said a lot of garbage had also been washed ashore at the Hua Hin, Khao Tao and Suan Son beaches. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30330384 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 5 hours ago, webfact said: Storms were blamed. Ah, the infamous 7/11 storm that picks up all the rubbish bins and dumps them on the beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan B Tong Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Somebody buy some beach cleaning machines already. Income from recycled plastic could cover the purchase price and the tobacco lobby could recycle the fag ends too! Just saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 What happened to all the dead fish ? Oh, sorry, I should be asking the local restauranteurs :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossy Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 19 hours ago, webfact said: A massive influx of trash along the whole Hua Hin coastline at the weekend scared tourists off the beach. So what did this SCARY trash do? . . . run around, growling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpicyMeatball Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Those damn storms keep regurgitating lazy axx peoples trash. Authorities should ban all storms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Why get the army to clean the beaches Heaps of Thai men walking around doing nothing Good days work for them Did i mention that dirty word called WORK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 6 hours ago, webfact said: Pran Buri park seeks help from soldiers after tonnes of garbage washes ashore looks like that "no-one-ever-invaded-Thailand" record is going to be scrapped... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker1 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 "Pran Buri Marine Park is seeking help from a local Army camp for soldiers to help collect garbage at the park’s beach after tonnes of garbage washed ashore." And please tell us all what did you do with all this garbage you collected ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFriend You Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 34 minutes ago, cracker1 said: "Pran Buri Marine Park is seeking help from a local Army camp for soldiers to help collect garbage at the park’s beach after tonnes of garbage washed ashore." And please tell us all what did you do with all this garbage you collected ? Oh fine sir - we piled it up near the storm drain for pickup by the garbage trucks.........who will arrive on Friday this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgoon Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Let's not forget that Thailand isn't the only country emptying it's rubbish into the sea around here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 14 hours ago, klauskunkel said: Thai authorities: "We fined the storm 500 baht and told him to go to Cambodia." And sent to an inactive post just off the coast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Think they better start changing there brouchers showing nice clean beaches to tourists overseas. Maybe they can say if you are into collecting plastic bottles for re-cycling then please come because we have lots of plastic bottles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 17 hours ago, Juan B Tong said: Somebody buy some beach cleaning machines already. Income from recycled plastic could cover the purchase price and the tobacco lobby could recycle the fag ends too! Just saying... Prior to buying the beach cleaning machines there is a very rare item that has to be sourced. See attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 4 hours ago, jacko45k said: And sent to an inactive post just off the coast? Or guard duty Central Bangkok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifric Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 If you study the traffic flows on the Phetkasem Road southbound on Fridays and northbound on Sundays you can see the trash carriers arriving and departing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 The main reason that the tide-swept trash comes in on this beach is the groyne built out into the sea to protect the mouth of the Pran River. The resultant interference with the natural water flow causes the trash washing down the two rivers to the north to end up on this beach instead of being distributed evenly southwards. Happens every year, A shame really because this gently curving beach backed with sea pines is the nicest in the area when seen in a naturally clean state.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 On 10/30/2017 at 1:10 PM, AhFarangJa said: "Storms were blamed".....Yes, but who threw the rubbish into the water to begin with......It doesn't grow there.... That's easy - it was foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 At some point people are dumping or pumping their waste and garbage in the shores of Thailand... If nobody acts, tourists, expats (and mainly their monnneeeeyy) will flee and no statistic trickery from the TAT will yield any change... Wake up guys....it is not a crime to speak out that you are slowly killing your golden gooses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 On 10/30/2017 at 11:36 PM, TunnelRat69 said: On 10/30/2017 at 10:56 PM, cracker1 said: "Pran Buri Marine Park is seeking help from a local Army camp for soldiers to help collect garbage at the park’s beach after tonnes of garbage washed ashore." And please tell us all what did you do with all this garbage you collected ? Oh fine sir - we piled it up near the storm drain for pickup by the garbage trucks.........who will arrive on Friday this week. The local version of "the circle of life"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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