Up to 500kg of garbage washed onto Koh Chang national park beach daily

[webfact]

Up to 500kg of garbage washed onto national park beach daily

By The Nation

 

From 400 to 500 kilograms of garbage had been washed by waves onto a beach on Koh Rung in the Mu Koh Chang National Park in Trat each morning during the past week, the park chief said on Monday.
 

Kosit Nilrat said he had assigned 17 officials to clean up the beach at Ao Bor of Koh Rung every morning for more than a week.

 

The garbage, which landed along a 300-metre stretch of beach, mostly comprised plastic bags, plastic bottles and plastic bins dumped by humans into the sea.

 

Kosit said the amount of garbage showed that a lot of tourists and people living on the coast had dumped garbage into the sea. Some of the bottles had words in foreign languages, indicating that they had floated in from neighbouring countries, he added.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30340736

 

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[lovelomsak]

That's close to 2 kg per meter that is a lot of plastic. 500 kilo  garbage 300 meter beach . Takes a lot of plastic to make a kg I  think

[ezflip]

Out of 500kg of garbage, how many kilos of cigarette butts?

[eliotness]

I see they are trying to blame tourists and neighbouring countries for the garbage in the sea and playing down the fact that Thailand is ranked the 6th worse plastic polluter of the world's oceeans.

[PAIBKK]

 

Just go to Vietnam's beaches. A lot less garbage...

 

[Lupatria]

It stems from the same mindset like to keep as much plastic around your new bicycle as possible for preservation. Hence, the beach will last eternally.

[farcanell]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Some of the bottles had words in foreign languages, indicating that they had floated in from neighbouring countries,

Foreigne exchange program.

[connda]

Man, that's a lot of Chinese tourists mucking the place up! 

"Some of the bottles had words in foreign languages, indicating that they had floated in from neighbouring countries, he added."

Imported products?

[Chrisdoc]

Thai's living near the beach just empty their rubbish in the water. See it often. All the government cares about are tourists smoking on the beach

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[gamesgplayemail]

With or without more trash, Koh chang is a dump anyway...

 

 

[gamesgplayemail]

10 hours ago, PAIBKK said:

 

Just go to Vietnam's beaches. A lot less garbage...

 

 

 

Interesting, have you been there many times ?

 

Where to fly to reach it ?

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

[White Christmas13]

12 hours ago, eliotness said:

I see they are trying to blame tourists and neighbouring countries for the garbage in the sea and playing down the fact that Thailand is ranked the 6th worse plastic polluter of the world's oceeans.

Check out Bali

 

[PAIBKK]

14 hours ago, gamesgplayemail said:

 

 

Interesting, have you been there many times ?

 

Where to fly to reach it ?

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

Many ways to get there. Still not having a tour business, so find out yourself.

[Justfine]

On 14/03/2018 at 12:59 AM, gamesgplayemail said:

With or without more trash, Koh chang is a dump anyway...

 

 

Obviously never been there.

[Justfine]

On 14/03/2018 at 1:00 AM, gamesgplayemail said:

 

 

Interesting, have you been there many times ?

 

Where to fly to reach it ?

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

They invented google for a reason

[farcanell]

On 3/13/2018 at 10:00 PM, gamesgplayemail said:

 

 

Interesting, have you been there many times ?

 

Where to fly to reach it ?

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

Phu quoc has an airport.... it can be reached via vietjet out of ho chi min