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

[Surasak]

3 hours 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. 

Rubbish bins are so few and far between, it would take weeks to find one. Been like that for at least the past thirty years to my knowledge. Having said that, there are bins in the local shopping mall, have been since it opened 4 years ago.

[Ireland32]

4 hours ago, bluesofa said:

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.

 

You don’t say 

[phantomfiddler]

4 hours ago, BobBKK said:

Farang's did this!  

Not a chance ! I went there one weekend, saw a million Thais, and NOT ONE farang ????

[newnative]

     I wonder when was the last time that beach was cleaned.  Pattaya Beach is cleaned every single morning--I watch it being done with my morning coffee.   No way did that much trash come from one day of beach usage.  Idiot mayor.  Likely it has been there since the last storm.  Pattaya Beach photo, taken this morning.  If you look closely you can see the tractor cleaning the beach.

[pattayadude]

23 minutes ago, natway09 said:

He is still right.

The earth is just too precious for us humans.

We just do not have the brains to look after it properly,

Just maybe with the cruiseliners not frequenting these shores at present & less speedboats running around the rubbish may diminish a little

it will never happen. humans by nature are geniuses but selfish. they only care about their own lifetime on this planet. most everything they do is for their own survival and fun during their time on this globe. it is what it is. every generation should be prepared for a more crowded, warmer, tougher,dirtier and a generally worse planet than of the generation before.

Edited May 8, 2020 by pattayadude

[Sydebolle]

Tell Anutin, the gifted head representative of the public health (hell?) department; there must be more of those dreadful "dirty farang" around ...... get the full forces out to hunt - while the hunting is good! 

[VocalNeal]

4 hours ago, sungod said:

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

Did you spell it correctly? Maybe it should be toad beach?

[PatOngo]

1 hour ago, British Bulldog said:

But give the Mayor a go ... at least he 'seems' to be trying ... lets hope he can hold up his word and teach his people a lesson ... got to start somewhere !

I thought it started 2564 years ago?

[darrendsd]

5 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

but but but how can this be!

 

all the farang tourists are gone. 

Can you read? He clearly blames the Thais

[toofarnorth]

By page 3 got fed up with ' The rubbish got washed up '.   Yes ! scattered rubbish on the ebbing tide would get washed up.  It was left on the beach and got washed up. Rant over , time for a cold one.

[johng]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

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.

Wow !  could they possibly be filthy Thais instead of the  much maligned filthy foreigners ? 

[pattayadude]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

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.

you don't say!

[cardinalblue]

Environmental responsibility is not a value individually or collectively in the Thai culture...

 

needs to be a mandatory Periodic course throughout Thai School curriculum...

 

currently an abusive relationship with the environment at a very rudimentary  level....finish a beverage or snack, throw the packaging on the ground...out of my sight out of my mind mentality...  

[barney42bb]

And to think ... Many Farrang sold up everything in their western homes. ...To make Thailand their home.

 

Fools...It never can be...Tolerated guests is the best it can ever get.

[Nicks3]

Oh please people have been out there everyday ???? 

[Grumpy one]

5 hours ago, colinneil said:

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

But the visitors threw it in the water, somewhere  ????

[Greg O]

More rubbish news , to what end ?

[bangrak]

To be the mayor of a seafront town and not be able to recognise trash that has been brought in by the tide, one must be whether a complete moron, or have bad intentions, actually probably both in this case (knowing which mafia family "rules" over the area)!

[AgMech Cowboy]

6 hours ago, Sharp said:

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

Yes, and it's nothing to laugh about as see some have to your post.

[AAArdvark]

6 hours ago, bodga said:

Now you see the REAL Thailand and Thai  people, they are  simply  filthy imo.

I  like it best when they try to hide their  rubbish deposits as if  you can't see them do it it's  ok.

Maybe you should have used the pronoun "some" or just move to a country where all the natives are not filthy or don't fight all the time or don't know know how to park.

[PumpkinEater]

Unfortunately we are governed by folks that are NOT intelligent in the least.

Now what is his recourse...? Close the beaches for everyone!

In his mind problem solved.

 

Education and common sense is the key to solving issues and problems, It starts at a young age in the classroom.

AND Yes, place trash bins along the beaches...but then someone of course has to empty those bins on a regular basis. And that costs money.

 

We all really need to address the "elephant in the room" on our worldwide issues...

OVERPOPULATION.

My hunch is that will never be addressed until its too late.

 

Cheers!

 

[AAArdvark]

6 hours 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.

Yes the ocean is full of trash but if that is the case all beaches would be that way.  More likely would be people just left their trash on the beach at low tide.  Then high tide came in and washed it up in a pile.

[impulse]

Seeing that trash washing up on the beach is pretty much unavoidable, maybe the smart thing to do is quit pointing fingers and just get on with cleaning it.  Like they do on my favorite Thai beach in Songkhla...

 

The lower photo was taken the day after a big storm mucked up the water and soiled the beaches.  Yet there wasn't a speck of debris.  If your livelihood depends on clean beaches, seems only reasonable to spend some tourist $$$ on cleaning them.

 

Edited May 8, 2020 by impulse

[Magenta408]

Very unfortunate but the seas are full of plastic bottles (yes Coca-Cola that would be you) and other debris. In this scenario, I don't see any bins to deposit littler but I could be wrong. 

[SunsetT]

6 hours ago, bluesofa said:

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.

 

Nothing new! This is a huge Worldwide problem!

[Khun Paul]

Come on people this is THAINESS much lauded by the PM how could the Mayor complain it is a Thai thing. 

[Youlike]

So they still don't have a huge screen to clean the beach?  

[Youlike]

6 minutes ago, Khun Paul said:

Come on people this is THAINESS much lauded by the PM how could the Mayor complain it is a Thai thing. 

Nooo this was washed up and came from Indooo

[thailand49]

Thais yes because they are trained that way!  Open the pocket book and buy some garbage cans there is like one can every 10 KM!  you see any garbage cans from the photo?????

[SymS]

I went to Bang Saen beach once in my life over 10 years ago. I can still clearly remember two things that stood out: trash and pickpockets.