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Volunteer divers collect 230kg of trash off Phuket

By Waranya Prompinpiras

 

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A team of 50 volunteer divers, Thais and expats, collected 230kg of track off Phuket on Saturday (May 25) and Sunday (May 26). Photo: MNRE

 

PHUKET: A team of volunteer divers assisted the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) in collecting 230kg of trash from the sea at Koh Mai Thon and Koh Hae in Phuket over the past weekend.

 

The team of 50 divers first collected trash from the sea around Koh Mai Thon in Rawai on Saturday (May 25) from 8am until 4pm. The following day, the team worked around Koh Hae, also in Rawai, from 8am until 3pm.

 

Nathawan Jamlongkard, Director of MNRE Phuket office, told The Phuket News today, “The clean-up was carried out under a project named ‘Protect Andaman’ which covers the six coastal provinces of the Andaman Sea – Phuket, Phang Nga, Ranong, Krabi, Satun and Trang.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/volunteer-divers-collect-230kg-of-trash-off-phuket-71560.php#oqPGg0xrMPL2bQjA.97 

 

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