Recycling Facilities

[LolaSamui]

Can anyone tell me what the deal is with recycling facilities on the island? Are there any? I'm starting to feel more than a little bit guilty about throwing things away that I would normally recycle.

[PoorSucker]

Put bottles cans paper in separate bags in the garbage.

The collectors sell it by the kg.

[LolaSamui]

Except they don't collect from our house - our caretaker has to drive it down the hill on his moped.

[Boater]

just put it with your normal rubbish, the bin men will seperate it

[BlackWolf]

If you have a lot of small batteries, you can go to Tesco Lutos, I thing there is a rescykling bin there.

And big ones they take care of at Ohm Cycles on the Ring Road 500 metres from Bangkok Hospital direction Lamai.

[samuijimmy]

There are people who drive around in pickup trucks around Maenam. (I am sure most other places too, on the island)...

If you happen to see a pickup full of mixed "junk" just flag them down! They usually drive by slowly looking for recyclable stuff .....

They'll be happy to take: bottles, cans, metal, cardboard etc etc... any scrap, they are not fussy!

I just collect my recycle in a large plastic container & now the recycle people just stop every week or two & empty it.. very easy! Once they know they will keep coming by, .... very useful!

Now if we could just train other "farangs & Thai's" to do the same, our Samui environment would be a much better place! It's not difficult!

Somewhere in the Ban Tai area there is a Recycle place on the right side heading to Nanton.

"Keep Samui Clean & Green"!