Mountains of trash fished out of Bangkok klongs

[webfact]

Mountains of trash fished out of Bangkok klongs

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Bangkok's governor General Asawin Kwanmuang went on his personal Facebook page with pictures of the disgusting state of the Lat Prao canal or klong.

 

In one area near the Rama 9 pumping station he said that five truckloads of trash were being retrieved every single day.

 

He said this area was being prioritised because it was close to the pumping station that sends excess water into the Chao Praya River.

 

If it gets clogged then residents face flooding. 

 

Other areas in Lat Prao were almost as bad, requiring many truckloads per day just to keep pace with the trash being deposited. 

 

The klong is 20 kilometers long and there are 2,600 kms of klongs in total in the capital. 

 

He said that with so many waterways it was too expensive and impractical to have CCTV everywhere to catch people throwing trash.

 

He called on the Bangkok public to report people throwing trash in the klongs so that action could be taken. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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[scorecard]

Why can't they design and install a continuous catchment system which in several locations, removes the rubbish into a continuous trucking or similar system to take it away for deposit where it does no harm, or perhaps to dry and then burned to run turbines to fuel electricity generation?  

[Creasy]

Hub.

[Dellboy218]

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

Why can't they design and install a continuous catchment system which in several locations, removes the rubbish into a continuous trucking or similar system to take it away for deposit where it does no harm, or perhaps to dry and then burned to run turbines to fuel electricity generation?  

 Or simply teach/educate/force people to dispose of their rubbish responsibly. (I know, it will never happen, but.....) 

[jvs]

Thai people will neatly sweep the road, pick up all the trash and then.......................dump it all in the canal!!

Out of sight is out of mind.It will be a few more years before a different mindset will start to show.

We will read the same op again every year for awhile to come.

[Grumpy one]

At least it is keeping a few people gainfully employed in these harsh times 

[ezzra]

25 minutes ago, webfact said:

The klong is 20 kilometers long and there are 2,600 kms of klongs in total in the capital.

Me think that the figure of 2,600 KM of Klongs in the capital is a gross exaggeration or a bad typo...

[Wiggy]

36 minutes ago, webfact said:

He called on the Bangkok public to report people throwing trash in the klongs so that action could be taken.

"Excuse me, could I have your name and address, and maybe a photograph, so that I can report you for throwing litter into this klong?"

[bodga]

45 minutes ago, jvs said:

Thai people will neatly sweep the road, pick up all the trash and then.......................dump it all in the canal!!

Out of sight is out of mind.It will be a few more years before a different mindset will start to show.

We will read the same op again every year for awhile to come.

Correct, empty  plot next to your  house?  over the  wall it  will go!

[bodga]

57 minutes ago, webfact said:

He called on the Bangkok public to report people throwing trash in the klongs so that action could be taken.

Yeah I bet, action taken =0000000000000

[fruitman]

57 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Why can't they design and install a continuous catchment system which in several locations, removes the rubbish into a continuous trucking or similar system to take it away for deposit where it does no harm, or perhaps to dry and then burned to run turbines to fuel electricity generation?  

They do that with very large escavators parked on the sidewalk causing it to break everywhere....mai pen lai krub...we don't need no sidewalks.

[fruitman]

55 minutes ago, Dellboy218 said:

 Or simply teach/educate/force people to dispose of their rubbish responsibly. (I know, it will never happen, but.....) 

When a farang puts a cigarette butt in the drain he'll get a 2000 baht fine....speaking of experience.

[mfd101]

Public whipping would be effective.

[bodga]

1 hour ago, fruitman said:

Nope, it must have been foreigners doing this..

well u did  say "speaking from experience" ergo your'e  correct????

[Cake Monster]

5 hours ago, scorecard said:

Why can't they design and install a continuous catchment system which in several locations, removes the rubbish into a continuous trucking or similar system to take it away for deposit where it does no harm, or perhaps to dry and then burned to run turbines to fuel electricity generation?  

This is not the solution, and you know its not

The solution is to stop the trash being thrown into the Canals

A Police Force that does its job, and some really hefty fines are the correct solution.

[PatOngo]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Mountains of trash fished out of Bangkok klongs

Great, now they can replace it with more fresh trash!

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, scorecard said:

Why can't they design and install a continuous catchment system which in several locations, removes the rubbish into a continuous trucking or similar system to take it away for deposit where it does no harm, or perhaps to dry and then burned to run turbines to fuel electricity generation?  

In a word... money !!

[phantomfiddler]

Regrettably just the tip of the iceberg. Very unfortunate for the planet but the 2 most populous countries, China and India, that are swamping all other countries around the world also just happen to be the 2 worst countries in the world when it comes to environmental concerns ???? God help our children !

[whaleboneman]

14 hours ago, ezzra said:

Me think that the figure of 2,600 KM of Klongs in the capital is a gross exaggeration or a bad typo...

As of 2019 there are 1,682 canals in Bangkok, totalling 2,604 kilometres in length. Nine canals are primary flood drainage conduits.

Google.

[AgMech Cowboy]

On 6/2/2020 at 10:02 AM, Dellboy218 said:

simply teach/educate/force people to dispose of their rubbish responsibly

Where I used to work we would have weekly meetings where one of the topics was waste disposal and separation of trash (and whatever you do, don't leave it lying around). There is a part of the population that just don't get it.... and no amount of training will ever help.

[3NUMBAS]

they still empty loaded chamberpots into the klongs with poopoos

[South]

On 6/2/2020 at 10:20 AM, ezzra said:

Me think that the figure of 2,600 KM of Klongs in the capital is a gross exaggeration or a bad typo...

Inquisitively, I just Googled it - actually 2604km's according to Wiki. Who'd have thought it. 

[impulse]

14 hours ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

Where I used to work we would have weekly meetings where one of the topics was waste disposal and separation of trash (and whatever you do, don't leave it lying around). There is a part of the population that just don't get it.... and no amount of training will ever help.

 

No different than the USA of the '50s and '60s.  Until there were massive government campaigns to educate people, and fine the beejeezus out of those who didn't get the message.  What's still missing in Thailand is political will (and a few hundred thousand strategically placed bins). 

 

Plus, even with the bins, when the waste management companies do their math, it's cheaper to dump the waste they collected in the khlongs and risk a fine than to dispose of it legally.  So it doesn't really matter whether people use the bins, or just bypass the middleman.

 

From 1971:

 

[daveAustin]

Out of the klong, into the river 

[Prairieboy]

On 6/2/2020 at 9:59 AM, scorecard said:

Why can't they design and install a continuous catchment system which in several locations, removes the rubbish into a continuous trucking or similar system to take it away for deposit where it does no harm, or perhaps to dry and then burned to run turbines to fuel electricity generation?  

https://superscience.scholastic.com/issues/2018-19/040119/trash-collector.html#830L

[overherebc]

On 6/2/2020 at 9:59 AM, scorecard said:

Why can't they design and install a continuous catchment system which in several locations, removes the rubbish into a continuous trucking or similar system to take it away for deposit where it does no harm, or perhaps to dry and then burned to run turbines to fuel electricity generation?  

Planning??????

[ExpatOilWorker]

On 6/2/2020 at 10:20 AM, ezzra said:

Me think that the figure of 2,600 KM of Klongs in the capital is a gross exaggeration or a bad typo...

Actually it is 2,604 km.

Bangkok is a big city.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khlong

[scorecard]

16 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Planning??????

More than than, it would planning and organizing and resource allocation and continuous monitoring, then re-planning etc.

 

Too complicated, not possible...

 

Edited June 4, 2020 by scorecard

[metisdead]

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[Redline]

Put these all over-and empty them daily, if that’s what it takes

Edited June 5, 2020 by Redline