Bangkok’s Loy Krathong cleanup sees 640,000 eco-friendly wonders whisked away

[snoop1130]

 

Following the Loy Krathong Festival Bangkok’s waterways were cleared of nearly 640,000 Krathongs, most of which were crafted from natural, biodegradable materials.

 

In addition, over 3,000 digital Krathongs were seen floating in Klong Ong Ang, yesterday (November 27).

 

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) employees got to work at 8pm on the festival night and collected and sorted through the traditional floating baskets by 5am the following day. The total count of Krathongs, as reported by BMA spokesperson Ekwaranyu Amrapan, was 639,828 – an increase of 67,226 or 11.74% when compared to the previous year.

 

Of the total Krathongs collected, 618,951 or 96.7% were made from environmentally friendly materials such as banana tree trunks, banana leaves, cassava, cane bagasse, and bread. This figure is a slight increase from last year’s 95.7%. The remaining 3.26% or 20,877 floating baskets were made from styrofoam, a decrease from last year’s 4.30%.

 

By Mitch Connor

Caption: Photo courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-28

 

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[Chris Daley]

Magical god takes away the bad things.  Magical god also poisons and pollutes the entire cities water supply.

Edited November 28, 2023 by Chris Daley

[timendres]

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

96.7% were made from environmentally friendly materials

 

The occasional success story. It is nice when they come along.

[likerdup1]

Hopefully they won't all be taken someplace, piled up and burned...

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Following the Loy Krathong Festival Bangkok’s waterways were cleared of nearly 640,000 Krathongs, most of which were crafted from natural, biodegradable materials.

Of course they counted every one.

[Muhendis]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

In addition, over 3,000 digital Krathongs were seen floating in Klong Ong Ang, yesterday (November 27).

Please can someone enlighten me.

What is digital about a krathong?

[PETERTHEEATER]

45 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

Please can someone enlighten me.

What is digital about a krathong?

Attendees to a 'digital' krathong venue are invited to draw and colour their personal krathong onto a prepared format sheet. The organisers then scan the design and use software to prepare a digital copy which is projected on the the surface of the water in full colour and detail including a floating movement. No physical presence, no contamination, no cleanup. 😀

[Muhendis]

26 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Attendees to a 'digital' krathong venue are invited to draw and colour their personal krathong onto a prepared format sheet. The organisers then scan the design and use software to prepare a digital copy which is projected on the the surface of the water in full colour and detail including a floating movement. No physical presence, no contamination, no cleanup. 😀

Yeah. OK. That's good although it seems entirely strange to me. 

I wonder what the water god thinks of it.

[Muhendis]

1 hour ago, Muhendis said:

Yeah. OK. That's good although it seems entirely strange to me. 

I wonder what the water god thinks of it.

 

Just for the confused among us 

 

Loy Krathong, or the Festival of Lights, is one of the most popular festivals in Thailand. Originally a ritual to honor and seek forgiveness from the Goddess of Water,

 

https://www.thailandnow.in.th/event/loy-krathong-festival/