webfact Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Free eggs, rice for garbage The Nation The Pollution Control Department (PCD) is offering free eggs and rice to people who turn over used foam food boxes and empty plastic bottles - in a bid to ease the amount of garbage. "Get one egg if you hand over 20 foam boxes. Get 2 kilos of uncooked rice if you come with 20 plastic bottles," Rangsan Pinthong said yesterday in his capacity as the chief of the PCD's Hazardous Waste Disposal Centre. The scheme has attracted an enthusiastic response. A big crowd was seen waiting to turn garbage into food at a PCD booth in Don Muang yesterday. "The exchange service will be available at PCD headquarters till November 30," Rangsan said. He said the PCD had received a number of complaints about growing garbage piles in inundated areas. The problem is most serious in Bang Phlat. "It's also a big problem in Bang Khae, Sai Mai, Don Muang and Phasi Charoen," Rangsan said. Flooding has hit the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)'s garbage-collection operations hard. As a result, flood victims have had to live with mountains of garbage in some areas. The distribution of foam food boxes to flood victims has seen a serious increase in that type of garbage in recent weeks. PCD deputy director-general Worasas Apaipong believed there would be three million tonnes of garbage to tackle once the flood water subsides. Rangsan said that for now, his agency was handing out EM (effective micro-organism) liquid to ease the dangers to flood victims posed by |polluted flood water. But he said: "The liquid is effective. Clear results have been seen in Nakhon Sawan and Ayutthaya." -- The Nation 2011-11-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparebox2 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Gabage for food program. Great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbeam1 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 At last something positive, at last. jb1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Maybe the folk who get cash also participate in this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotto Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Something positive here lets hope it continues after the floods so the poor have something to eat and do a community service at the same time great idea!! I personally think that if Thais cared about their country it would be a much better place to live and cleaner wouldnt that be nice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWalkingMan Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Nice idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntmeister Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Good idea, BUT: 1) Why only give remuneration for used foam boxes and plastic bottles - why not structure it so there's remuneration for all types of trash (ie - some sort of payment per kilo of trash). Otherwise, you could litterally envision people picking through piles of trash, taking out the foam boxes and plastic bottles, leaving the rest of the trash to rot. 2) Why pay so much more for plastic bottles than for foam boxes? One egg: 7 baht 2 Kilos of rice: 60 baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Just wondering how the eggs and rice are packaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jehricaholic Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Finally.... a positive 'Miracle of Thailand' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonglen Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Nice idea. Hope it continues to be implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soupdragon Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 A positive move but hardly smart. What would have been smart would have to have seen the increase in certain types of garbage generated by giving the people the foam boxes and dealt with it before it became a problem. Sorry if that is too logical. The distribution of foam food boxes to flood victims has seen a serious increase in that type of garbage in recent weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thakkar Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Just wondering how the eggs and rice are packaged. I had the same thought. I'm sure the scheme will morph into cash payment as that is far more practical than bartering. Cash for Trash! T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weka Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Yeah it is a nice idea that hopefully works but part of me is saddened that it takes a reward for a society to perform a task that any 5 year old in NZ and Aus and many other countries would perform, and be able to explain the logic behind it... I guess this universal lack of awareness got Thailand into this mess in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kutjebu Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 20 foam boxes and you get 1 Leo.That's all what farangs understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitker Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Gabage for food program. Great idea. Within a consistent frame of actions, it can be a very positive approach. It was one of the programs of the (then) new major of Curitiba in Brazil about 40 years ago. An architect with a genuine vision to improve the situation of his formerly empoverished city, he implemented various scheme leading to practical results while changing behaviors and urban environment. The city became soon an impressive model for the whole country. While suggested if he would run for presidency, he declined and prefered to focus on his city instead. A wise man without this desesperate hunger for power too often witnessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbandung Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 20 foam boxes and you get 1 Leo.That's all what farangs understand. Eggs and rice. Pa! Leo? I'm out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backwoods Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 20 foam boxes and you get 1 Leo.That's all what farangs understand. You don't see lines of Farangs in free food lines! I live outside the city limits and see who buys the most beer, and they are not white skinned! Please keep to the subject, and try not to add to the list of remarks against the little bit of good to come out in a crisis! The only ones who complain about incentives are the one's to lazy to do something extra or exert themselves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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