Lite Beer Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Monsoon weather brings trash to Phuket shorePhuket Gazette - PHUKET: Broken glass, plastic and wood with protruding nails washing ashore on Patong Beach have alarmed Phuket tourists, but local authorities say they our powerless to prevent the dangerous flotsam.Though officers from Patong Municipality’s Public Health Office collect trash strewn along the beach every morning, they are finding it difficult to keep the sand clear of debris.“It’s the same problem we get every year in the [southwest] monsoon season. Garbage gets washed ashore every morning,” one of the health officials told the Phuket Gazette.“At Patong, the seabed under the shallow water is shaped like a trough so garbage gets trapped,” he explained.Lack of manpower was cited as a contributing factor to trash not being cleared from Phuket’s most-popular tourist beach.“We don’t have a lot of staff to take care of this problem and the beach is about four kilometers long – so it takes time to complete the job.“Sometimes we can’t finish in the morning so the garbage is still on the beach in the afternoon,” the officer said.“We are doing our best to keep the beach as clean as possible,” he added. Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Monsoon-weather-brings-trash-to-Phuket-shore-21073.html -- Phuket Gazette 2013-05-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 If people continually dump thier rubbish in the streets, rivers and stream and it washes out to sea and returns what do you expect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 If people continually dump thier rubbish in the streets, rivers and stream and it washes out to sea and returns what do you expect. Most of this rubbish comes from far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 If people continually dump thier rubbish in the streets, rivers and stream and it washes out to sea and returns what do you expect. Most of this rubbish comes from far away. oh it is other nations who are destroying Thailands beautify pristine beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post seajae Posted May 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2013 after watching the local thais throwing all their rubbish(bags of it but they keep the bags) into the local waterways it is pretty obvious where all this crap comes from, the locals. Until such time that thai people are fined for rubbishing this will continue to happen, they need to be made more aware of the damage they do by just throwing their crap where ever they want. So much for pride in your country, more like too lazy to do the right thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JetsetBkk Posted May 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2013 We are doing our best to keep the beach as clean as possible, he added. No. Your best would be to get one of these and use it every day: . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wiyada Posted May 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2013 And there I was thinking that most of Phuket's trash flew in 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 And there I was thinking that most of Phuket's trash flew in I'll give you that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Pollution doesn't go away...it just goes somewhere else 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postmaster Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Yet another reason to keep out of Patong. There are so many now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesMad Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Phuket Som Nam Na Finally Karma kicks in for Phukit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre0720 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 If people continually dump thier rubbish in the streets, rivers and stream and it washes out to sea and returns what do you expect. Most of this rubbish comes from far away. oh it is other nations who are destroying Thailands beautify pristine beaches. You must be right. Garbage in Patong.....Mai Mee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre0720 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 after watching the local thais throwing all their rubbish(bags of it but they keep the bags) into the local waterways it is pretty obvious where all this crap comes from, the locals. Until such time that thai people are fined for rubbishing this will continue to happen, they need to be made more aware of the damage they do by just throwing their crap where ever they want. So much for pride in your country, more like too lazy to do the right thing. I saw that it takes some 15 years to change the behaviour of a people. I think it talked about a civilized one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Just don't ask where they dump the trash they collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secondmouse Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Lack of manpower was cited as a contributing factor to trash not being cleared from Phuket’s most-popular tourist beach.“We don’t have a lot of staff to take care of this problem and the beach is about four kilometers long – so it takes time to complete the job. Those two sentences sum it all up, Acknowledging Patong Beach as Phuket's most popular tourist beach....(tourists....aren't they the people bringing the money here ? ) and "we don't have a lot of staff......."....why not ?...I'm sure there are many people that would be happy to work on the beach for minimum wage........seems a bit like 'biting the hand that feeds you...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Lack of manpower was cited as a contributing factor to trash not being cleared from Phuket’s most-popular tourist beach. “We don’t have a lot of staff to take care of this problem and the beach is about four kilometers long – so it takes time to complete the job. Those two sentences sum it all up, Acknowledging Patong Beach as Phuket's most popular tourist beach....(tourists....aren't they the people bringing the money here ? ) and "we don't have a lot of staff......."....why not ?...I'm sure there are many people that would be happy to work on the beach for minimum wage........seems a bit like 'biting the hand that feeds you...' LOL! You obviously don't live in the province of Phuket! We should send out for more Burmese workers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasRanger Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Thought this thread was about the Nimitz arriving 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 We are doing our best to keep the beach as clean as possible, he added. No. Your best would be to get one of these and use it every day: . That should work wonders on the beach chairs & umbrellas as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mamma Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Sickening, it's a worldwide problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishIvan Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Lack of manpower was cited as a contributing factor to trash not being cleared from Phuket’s most-popular tourist beach. “We don’t have a lot of staff to take care of this problem and the beach is about four kilometers long – so it takes time to complete the job. Those two sentences sum it all up, Acknowledging Patong Beach as Phuket's most popular tourist beach....(tourists....aren't they the people bringing the money here ? ) and "we don't have a lot of staff......."....why not ?...I'm sure there are many people that would be happy to work on the beach for minimum wage........seems a bit like 'biting the hand that feeds you...' LOL! You obviously don't live in the province of Phuket! We should send out for more Burmese workers! Good idea these Burmese will work for 50baht a day. Its very cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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