Rimmer Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Pattaya officials weigh burning, barging Koh Larn trash surplus Koh Larn:--With still no long-term solution to Koh Larn’s garbage crisis in sight, Pattaya officials have agreed they will either buy new barges to transport it to the mainland or burn it in place. Chonburi Deputy Gov. Chaichan Iamcharoen led the latest brainstorming meeting on the resort island’s trash troubles Dec. 13. Pattaya officials have spent most of this year talking and surveying the problem, but taking no action to actually solve it. The latest meeting finally resulted in some agreement that a short-term solution is needed until a long-term solution can be found. The urgency comes from a prediction by former governor and now government advisor Pracha Taerat that Koh Larn will run out of dump space by early next year if nothing is done. Pattaya City Council Chairman Anan Ankanawisan told the meeting that an earlier survey found there is 30,000 tons of garbage on the island and that its barges are now so dilapidated, they cannot move the waste to the mainland for disposal. City spokesman Pinit Maneerat said the surplus is growing, with 10,000-12,500 people now visiting the island each day. Read more: http://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-officials-weigh-burning-barging-koh-larn-trash-surplus-195569 -- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2017-12-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 If the burning option is taken, the smoke and noxious fumes will likely be blown back to Pattaya. Poetic justice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) And if the area does get cleared of the trash dump, there will also be much to do to depollute the land underground as toxic residue must have penetrated the soil. Edited December 22, 2017 by observer90210 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 wait months and months and do jack shit, now its tourist season. *oh, lets burn the rubbish* only in Thailand 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jaywalker Posted December 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2017 What a pack of greedy idiots. Just rape & pillage the land then act surprised when it turns into a mess, and it's not like the mountain of garbage appeared overnight. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakename Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Let me guess, a match cost one baht, and barges cost millions, so Im guessing they will pick the match option. And since that was so easy, why not just burn it every year! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 What a quandary,buy expensive barges,or burn it, Pattaya get ready for smoke, like we have to do every year ,up here in Chiang Mai. regards worgeordie Merry Christmas to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 The barge option has the option (Ahem...) of overturning en-route to the mainland performing a deep-sea dump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post peperobi Posted December 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2017 Oh yes, burn is a really good solution, Thailand is already one of the dirtiest countries in the world, a little bit more smog is sure not a problem. What kind of peoples take a decision like that? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 4 hours ago, peperobi said: Oh yes, burn is a really good solution, Thailand is already one of the dirtiest countries in the world, a little bit more smog is sure not a problem. What kind of peoples take a decision like that? Thai's .. On numerous occasions .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 My concern is that if they barge it to the mainland a lot of it will end up in the sea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 8 hours ago, Basil B said: My concern is that if they barge it to the mainland a lot of it will end up in the sea... They'll burn it here anyway, so do it in situ when there's a favourable wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, mercman24 said: wait months and months and do jack shit, now its tourist season. *oh, lets burn the rubbish* only in Thailand But cool season is traditionally and culturally Thailand's "burn your moobahn tip" season. All over the country, the first real dip in temperatures results in the garbage pile that has accumulated over the past 12 months being burned. Edited December 23, 2017 by NanLaew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGD Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Even if they burn it, the residual contaminants will pollute forever more. Plus, not all of it will burn, so what then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakename Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 If it doesnt burn the first time, they will do it again! It will take weeks to burn all that garbage, and the wind will be changing many times, before its burnt, and wet garbage doesnt burn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Ship it back to China. They can dump it on some peasants backyard, no ploplem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieMe2018 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 The entire province has no infrastructure to burn trash safely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleycoin Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) oops Edited March 5, 2018 by stanleycoin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 A troll post with misleading text and a very confused reply has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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