webfact Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Insurmountable trash washed up on Bang Saen beach reaching 10 tons per dayBANGKOK, 7 October 2013 (NNT) – Not far from Bangkok, Bang Saen Beach in Chon Buri, a well-known tourist destination, is experiencing a bombardment of up to 10 tons of trash being washed up on its shores daily.The 4.5 kilometer beach, also known as “Bang Saen the Utopia”, is currently dealing with its chronic problem of trash and sediment polluting the area. Mayor of Saen Suk, Narongchai Khunplome elaborated on the issue that each annual monsoon will bring in trash collected from various “rivers’ mouths” or deltas, as the beach is geographically located in a point that particularly receives a lot of the ocean's incoming waves.Up to 10 tons of waste and garbage are washed up on the shores of Bang Saen beach each year - making it necessary for officials to start the clean up from as early as 5 am each morning in order to prepare the beach for tourists.Trash-catching buoys have also been installed to help alleviate the problem, but with limited results. According to the Pollution Control Department (PCD), the trash buildup amounted to 16 million tons for the whole year of 2012, or approximately 43,000 tons per day.-- NNT 2013-10-07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jpp2bkk Posted October 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2013 Not surprising when most of the Thai are looking the sea as a trash bin, most of them do not have respect for nature anyway. 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kerryd Posted October 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2013 Insurmountable trash washed up on Bang Saen beach reaching 10 tons per day "up to 10 tons of trash being washed up on its shores daily." "Up to 10 tons of waste and garbage are washed up on the shores of Bang Saen beach each year" "to 16 million tons for the whole year of 2012, or approximately 43,000 tons per day" I'm going to guess that that last one is for the whole Gulf and maybe the western seaboard as well. Still, 10 tons per day and 10 tons per year in Bang Saen - big difference. Gotta wonder just how much doesn't even make it to the shores............ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chooka Posted October 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2013 Don't get alarmed T.A.T will release a statement shortly that this will have no effect on tourism in fact tourists will be flocking to see this natural phenomenon. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post UncleJ Posted October 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2013 What? Years of footpath police targeting farangs for cigarette butts has not cleaned up Thailand? 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canopus1969 Posted October 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2013 You reap what you sow 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon8 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 This area needs to be declared Trash Free Zone immediately! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidJames Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Not surprising when most of the Thai are looking the sea as a trash bin, most of them do not have respect for nature anyway. The locals really don't seem to respect their own country one little bit. Even when you go up country to the villages you see flytipping a pretty big scale. I used to think it was only around Pattaya or Bangkok as a fair amount of the people are not from the area & intend to move on so have no real feeling of responsibility or care for the area but I have learnt that this is the case over the whole country. India is much the same. It wasn't a problem when everything was wrapped in banana leaves etc as they were bio degradeable but plastic bags & polysterene are long lasting problems. Fresh fish are fast being a health risk because of all the toxins they ingest in the seas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Riki Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Didn't noticed Thais have institutes like Pollution Control Department (PCD)... and blame monsoons again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Not surprising when most of the Thai are looking the sea as a trash bin, most of them do not have respect for nature anyway. The locals really don't seem to respect their own country one little bit. Even when you go up country to the villages you see flytipping a pretty big scale. I used to think it was only around Pattaya or Bangkok as a fair amount of the people are not from the area & intend to move on so have no real feeling of responsibility or care for the area but I have learnt that this is the case over the whole country. India is much the same. It wasn't a problem when everything was wrapped in banana leaves etc as they were bio degradeable but plastic bags & polysterene are long lasting problems. Fresh fish are fast being a health risk because of all the toxins they ingest in the seas Glad I don't like seafood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 How the hell does that volume of trash find its way into the river system in the first place? The old saying "don't <deleted> in your own nest" obviously doesn't translate too well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Riki Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Fresh fish are fast being a health risk because of all the toxins they ingest in the seas Not only fish as food chain is more sophisticated it affects much more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I actually thought that was a picture of blackpool for a minute ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleJ Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 How the hell does that volume of trash find its way into the river system in the first place? The old saying "don't <deleted> in your own nest" obviously doesn't translate too well. Who wants to pay to throw away garbage when you can just dump it on, nearby empty land, a river, ocean or over the wall onto the neighbors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kiwiinasia Posted October 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2013 Great job. They must have had a crackdown on pollution somewhere. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUSHGOAT Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Dont know whats going on there but in the village where I live right on the Maekong the people take great care of the river which I admire they all have their small sewage tanks and do not put shit in the river unlike here in Ireland where farmers and everyone else was the their big sprayers and also silage pits leak into the rivers killing the fish. There must be a recycling depot or depots near the river somewhere that are allowing it to overflow into the river. Thai P.C.D GET YOUR CHOPPERS OUT do some flying and try see where th source is and fix it before the damage is irreversible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 There won't be any next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeThePoster Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 10 tons, 43000 tons, 16 million tons - would be much less, if they stop throwing it back in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Equalizer Posted October 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2013 Insurmountable trash washed up on Bang Saen beach reaching 10 tons per day "up to 10 tons of trash being washed up on its shores daily." "Up to 10 tons of waste and garbage are washed up on the shores of Bang Saen beach each year" "to 16 million tons for the whole year of 2012, or approximately 43,000 tons per day" I'm going to guess that that last one is for the whole Gulf and maybe the western seaboard as well. Still, 10 tons per day and 10 tons per year in Bang Saen - big difference. Gotta wonder just how much doesn't even make it to the shores............ I know, i notice all this, what a terribly written article. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zumteufel Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 This area needs to be declared Trash Free Zone immediately! Or the Trash Hub if that fails. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeO Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 So it's either 10 tons per day, or, according to 2012 figures, it's 43,000 tons per day...?! Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Carl64 Posted October 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2013 It's easy really. Put your rubbish in the bin! Oh that's right I forgot , there isn't any! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakling Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 It's not only this beach, most of the beaches on the East Coast have this problem. The big beaches in Rayong (Had Maer Lampung, Suan Son, Laem Mae Pim), could be world class if they were cleaned more often but as it is now they tend to look like a garbage dump. After a long weekend once the BKK tourists go back home the beaches are shockingly bad. The oil spill didn't help maters much but the garbage issue is the one that is really irritating as it could easily be remedied by cleanup crews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post koto Posted October 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) Not surprising when most of the Thai are looking the sea as a trash bin, most of them do not have respect for nature anyway. Not just the sea, It's also the rivers, creeks that flow into the sea... Imposing stiff fines, doing community service and jail, along with education, education, education, starting yesterday would be a good starting time... This picture is Jomtien Beach, your not alone... Edited October 7, 2013 by koto 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccarty Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 It has to be said! Hub of Trash! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 If Chalerm wasn't sick...he'd have this fixed within seven days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Dont know whats going on there but in the village where I live right on the Maekong the people take great care of the river which I admire they all have their small sewage tanks and do not put shit in the river unlike here in Ireland where farmers and everyone else was the their big sprayers and also silage pits leak into the rivers killing the fish. There must be a recycling depot or depots near the river somewhere that are allowing it to overflow into the river. Thai P.C.D GET YOUR CHOPPERS OUT do some flying and try see where th source is and fix it before the damage is irreversible. there may well be places that do care but the majority of thais dont. Just watch the other road users when driving, you see rubbish being tossed out the window all the time. My wife manages at the local port, the thais pull up throw their bags of rubbish in one side of the pier then go and fish the other side , the lake just opposite our house looks like that beach, everyone just throws their rubbish into it although it was cleaned up when the pm visited a few months back. Thais do not like nature unless they can make money from it hence all the dead tigers, elephants, crocs, protected trees cut dowm etc, they destroy national parks to build illegal resorts and simply trash everything. Until such time as they are made to stop stinking up the streets(dont tell me you havent smelled the crap in the gutters/waterways) it will remain like this, they need to be pulled into line which will never happen because it is in the too hard basket and they just dont care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 ....of course, nobody is to blame....especially no Thais...... ....Thais know and see what they want.....it would be very easy to find the point of origin...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michemiche Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 The same here in Koh Pha Ngan. I clean about 100 meter every morning, and i collect about 10 kilogramme of garbage by week, Sometimes more.actually its the west coast of koh pha ngan were the disaster is. See picture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaimat Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Don't get alarmed T.A.T will release a statement shortly that this will have no effect on tourism in fact tourists will be flocking to see this natural phenomenon. Indeed, perhaps even suggesting that Thai trash will make a nice gift for departing tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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