It was only open for one day! Mayor bemoans visitors who left Bang Saen beach covered in trash

[webfact]

It was only open for one day! Mayor bemoans visitors who left Bang Saen beach covered in trash

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Saensuk  mayor Narongchai Khunpluem went on Facebook to rant against his compatriots about messing up Bang Saen beach.

 

The beach was left utterly filthy just one day after restrictions were lifted on the beach road. He posted pictures of staff trying to clear up using a backhoe.

 

Most of the mayor's anger was directed against traders who he said talked about wanting a clean beach but who didn't clear up after themselves.

 

Some had attended training but went back to their old littering ways.

 

He warned that the area could be shut down again and promised fines. 

 

"People still haven't changed their bad habits", he said. "Their mouths say they want it clean but their actions are different".

 

He also commented on filthy people depositing trash in canals that go into the sea. He could seal them off but that won't solve matters in the long term - it is the people throwing stuff in the canals that is the problem.

 

The same goes for all the trash that blows in off the sea. He said don't blame the sea, it's people that are the cause.

 

The mayor - known by the nickname Lek and from a strong arm family that includes Pattaya's mayor Sontaya - also blamed traders for a mess of cables used in their businesses. 

 

"They swear at us when we fine them," he said, "but I'm going to keep doing that until you learn to be neat and tidy".

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-05-08

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

[NCC1701A]

but but but how can this be!

 

all the farang tourists are gone. 

[Sharp]

That's the rubbish that's been washed up over night 

[bodga]

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Some had attended training but went back to their old littering ways.

 

It's very easy to understand, many Thais  are  simply bone idle, can't  park  unless it's  right outside a  shop, don't  care if  double  parked and will want to get into a fight if it's  mentioned, when all else  fails they'll resort  to telling you they are  poor.

LAZY nothing  more.

[OnTheGround]

 

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

He also commented on filthy people

Im sure 99% of the visitors to Bang Saen beach, was thai people

 

Can't blame the foreigners, meaning this article will not be in naew na.

[BobBKK]

Farang's did this!  

[Bassosa]

Interesting chap this mayor. Telling it like it is! Quite refreshing actually...

[andre47]

This trash was washed from the sea. It was not thrown to this beach. The ocean is full of trash. Sometimes the current wash it to the beach.

[colinneil]

I think the Mayor needs new glasses, it is clear that most of that rubbish was deposited by the high tide.

[YetAnother]

16 minutes ago, webfact said:

"but I'm going to keep doing that until you learn to be neat and tidy".

going to be one busy guy

[ThailandRyan]

9 minutes ago, Sharp said:

That's the rubbish that's been washed up over night 

Sure looks like that rubbish is from wave action giving back to the land what has been dumped into the ocean.  I agree with your view 100% Sharp

[ThailandRyan]

4 minutes ago, Bassosa said:

Interesting chap this mayor. Telling it like it is! Quite refreshing actually...

You may need to get your glasses checked as the rubbish's was not raked into that fine curve but was deposited there by the tide as it washed in the trash and as the tide receded it then left a nice deposit for the folks to clean up...

[EVENKEEL]

At least we know where high tide is now.

[bluesofa]

11 minutes ago, andre47 said:

This trash was washed from the sea. It was not thrown to this beach. The ocean is full of trash. Sometimes the current wash it to the beach.

I saw a documentary about the enormous amount of plastic in the ocean. There was a clip showing some uninhabited islands full of plastic debris washed up on the beaches.

 

[Harveyboy]

18 minutes ago, OnTheGround said:

 

Im sure 99% of the visitors to Bang Saen beach, was thai people

 

Can't blame the foreigners, meaning this article will not be in naew na.

cant blame foreigners....but they will as expressed in a post earlier Thais are  Lazy 

[sungod]

Surprised they dont have a towed beach rake, would clean it up in no time.

[Cake Monster]

Good luck with trying to get your Compatriots to be neat and tidy Mr. Mayor.

It will be your lifes work.

[Kerryd]

Some people (Thais) on the Mayor's Facebook have also noted that it is garbage washed up from the ocean. Some say it's from the boats offshore and some say it's from villagers driving along a pier and throwing their trash in the water.

It should have been plainly obvious from the beginning that it wasn't trash from "vendors" after just a single day but you know politicians. Stick their foot in their mouth today, see the feedback, then blame someone else the next day.
(Or find a new bandwagon to jump on and hope it distracts everyone from what you said before.)

Note that in other photos of the area on the Mayor's facebook page, there is a TINY amount of trash shown in other places. Like an empty water bottle in a gutter, and empty plastic cup in a bag in another, a small white bag of trash on the edge of a walkway. In a dozen photos I saw enough to maybe fill a small garbage bag. And that's if you include the (ceramic pot they burn coal in and then cook on top of - not sure the proper name for that).

Then of course is the pics of the long line of garbage at the high tide mark.

[Relocated]

33 minutes ago, andre47 said:

This trash was washed from the sea. It was not thrown to this beach. The ocean is full of trash. Sometimes the current wash it to the beach.

It must be intelligent trash which knows where it belongs to. 

[Thunder26]

42 minutes ago, Sharp said:

That's the rubbish that's been washed up over night 

Agreed. From the pic it looks like it was washed up.

[geriatrickid]

Yes, some of the trash came in with the tide, but  the vendors leave a lot of trash.

It doesn't matter where, pattaya, patong or hua Hin. the vendors and their customers leave trash behind especially their cigarette butts, beer cans and styrofoam containers.

As the mayor says.  a source are the canals which empty into the sea.

until people are fined on the spot they won't change.

 

 

 

 

 

[bluesofa]

5 minutes ago, Thunder26 said:

Agreed. From the pic it looks like it was washed up.

There's no photo of the mayor?

[otherstuff1957]

This is a picture of one of the most remote, uninhabited islands in the world. Henderson Island is located in the SouthEast Pacific, thousands of miles from any large human settlement.

 

Now obviously this litter did not accumulate overnight, but it does show the dismal condition of our oceans.

[JWRC]

I don't know this beach but a lot of that rubbish looks like it has been washed up by the tide. However I do have a question, are rubbish bins available anywhere? I live in a different province, but there are no rubbish bins to be found anywhere, not even in shopping malls, so just where are folks supposed to put rubbish. 

[tifino]

at least the Mayor did the logical thing, and cast the blame upon his compatriots 

[bluesofa]

12 minutes ago, otherstuff1957 said:

This is a picture of one of the most remote, uninhabited islands in the world. Henderson Island is located in the SouthEast Pacific, thousands of miles from any large human settlement.

 

Now obviously this litter did not accumulate overnight, but it does show the dismal condition of our oceans.

It does make you wonder if Robinson Crusoe had been written today, what would Man Friday be called:

Man, what mess?

Biffa Group?

 

[bluesofa]

7 minutes ago, JWRC said:

I don't know this beach but a lot of that rubbish looks like it has been washed up by the tide. However I do have a question, are rubbish bins available anywhere? I live in a different province, but there are no rubbish bins to be found anywhere, not even in shopping malls, so just where are folks supposed to put rubbish. 

You'll have to walk to a 7 Eleven. They're the only company I know providing rubbish bins nationally.

[bodga]

1 hour ago, BobBKK said:

Farang's did this!  

Even if  only one  was on the beach Nana nanananeaw would be writing it  up with as much gusto as  possible, BMW  interceptors on standby and Anutin issuing the last rites  to said  lowlife filth, scum, etc etc.

Locals would be out with their catapults to sort him out, forget the stoning.

[bodga]

53 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

until people are fined on the spot they won't change.

Incorrect, until  people are  physically made to pay on the spot, nothing  will change.

[pattayadude]

1 hour ago, andre47 said:

This trash was washed from the sea. It was not thrown to this beach. The ocean is full of trash. Sometimes the current wash it to the beach.

now that's comforting, phew! I found solace in these words...