People power! Housing estate residents go to the press with complaints about trash burning

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People power! Housing estate residents go to the press with complaints about trash burning

 

Thai caption: Illegal rubbish burning - grass fires

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Residents of a large housing estate in Pathum Thani north of Bangkok have appealed to the Thai media for help after constant illegal fires have made their lives a misery. 

 

Individuals are burning trash behind the Saphaporn estate in Klong 3 and the fires are igniting grass and undergrowth over a wide area of wasteland.

 

Yuphawan said she was one of the most affected of around 1,000 residents.

 

Many people ,especially children, are suffering the adverse effects of the burning. Ash and smoke pours over the estate.

 

People have been forced to shut their houses up but it is still no use - it is dangerous to health and it stinks.

 

Two local authorities have been called to tackle the fires but no permanent solution has been found. 

 

So the residents met at the juristic person's office and went en masse to 77kaoded to get some action.

 

No report of the involvement of the police or otherwise was contained in their story, notes Thaivisa. 

 

 

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[Redline]

Nobody cares-they burn every single thing with no penalty at all-does the government really care about anything at all but money?

[30la]

Remember, however, that your PM does not want you to smoke or drink alcoholic drinks, the rest ... who cares ...

[SoilSpoil]

2 hours ago, Redline said:

Nobody cares-they burn every single thing with no penalty at all-does the government really care about anything at all but money?

People start to care more and mote.

[Funtom]

Thailand terribly needs nation-wide garbage collecting system, waste recycling/reusing in order to get rid of those practices.

[mickey rat]

2 hours ago, Funtom said:

Thailand terribly needs nation-wide garbage collecting system, waste recycling/reusing in order to get rid of those practices.

B S, they burn everything it's a part of the culture. The burning of the fields for example will continue until the rainy season. The authorities will do absolutely nothing and the locals are either totally ignorant or afraid to complain. 

[soistalker]

I know what burning plastic smells like. If you have lived in Thailand, you probably know that as well.

[mfd101]

The problem is that ordinary Thai people have little idea how to make things happen - yes, use the media but you need NUMBERS  - not just 5 or 10 people, 500 or 1000. Then the local police & governor start to take notice.

 

Then you need PERSISTENCE so they start to actually DO something - like arrest fire burners and fine them with REAL money ...

 

Any trade unions in this benighted country? I've never heard of one ...

Edited February 11, 2020 by mfd101

[Expat Brad]

19 hours ago, Funtom said:

Thailand terribly needs nation-wide garbage collecting system, waste recycling/reusing in order to get rid of those practices.

Thai's don't want to pay for a collection service though. In my Moo ban we have roughly 200 homes. The Pu Yai finally was able to get a service up and running. Unfortunately only 40 homes signed up. Apparently the other 160 did not want to pay the 60 baht monthly fee!!! So, guess what those 160 are doing? Same as usual dump and burn!!!! ????

[Cake Monster]

I  hope they get more interaction from their Local Authority than I did.

 

[CNXexpat]

15 minutes ago, Expat Brad said:

Thai's don't want to pay for a collection service though. In my Moo ban we have roughly 200 homes. The Pu Yai finally was able to get a service up and running. Unfortunately only 40 homes signed up. Apparently the other 160 did not want to pay the 60 baht monthly fee!!! So, guess what those 160 are doing? Same as usual dump and burn!!!! ????

In every civilized country the moo baan would forbid the burning and enforce it with high fines. After the people pay a 1,000 Baht fine and know the next one will come if they burn again, they will find out that 60 Baht per month is much cheaper. In civilized countries...

[Redline]

On 2/11/2020 at 4:26 PM, SoilSpoil said:

People start to care more and mote.

They care, but will real solutions be activated?  No proof of that, in fact, it’s getting worse

[Expat Brad]

23 hours ago, CNXexpat said:

In every civilized country the moo baan would forbid the burning and enforce it with high fines. After the people pay a 1,000 Baht fine and know the next one will come if they burn again, they will find out that 60 Baht per month is much cheaper. In civilized countries...

That's right but, here nobody enforces anything so, nothing changes ????????????

[tinca tinca]

On 2/11/2020 at 11:22 PM, mfd101 said:

The problem is that ordinary Thai people have little idea how to make things happen - yes, use the media but you need NUMBERS  - not just 5 or 10 people, 500 or 1000. Then the local police & governor start to take notice.

 

Then you need PERSISTENCE so they start to actually DO something - like arrest fire burners and fine them with REAL money ...

 

Any trade unions in this benighted country? I've never heard of one ...

THERE are none as far as I know

 

[neeray]

Submarines rate higher than a garbage collection and disposal program.