Department mulls ban against the use of plastic bags on islands off Phnag-nga

 

 

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources is mulling about banning the use of plastic bags Khai, Khai Nok and Khai Nui islands off Phang-nga province in a bid to reduce the amount of plastic waste on the islands.

 

The department head Ms Sutthilak Ravivan said Tuesday that the ban of plastic bags and other trashes on the three islands could be imposed by virtue of Article 17 of the marine and coastal resources law which prohibits activities deemed a threat to corals around the islands.

 

Between 3,000-4,000 tourists are visiting the islands every day assuming that each of them generates about one kilograme of trash a day, said Mr Sutthilak, adding, however, that the department would consult with tourism operators about the ban.

 

Regarding a huge patch of floating garbage spotted in the Gulf off Chumphon province, the department head disclosed that the department, with the deployment of a vessel and with the help of several fishermen, had managed to collect about 5,500 tonnes of floating garbage, many of them plastic.

 

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This is not more than a drop in a bucket. Thailand as the world five-largest polluter should ban non-compostable plastic bags and styrofoam everywhere. Compostable food containers made from banana leaves and glucose had been developed at the  Thammasat University years ago. If you are smart Mr. President Prayut Chan-o-cha , then use the paragraph 44 to get a  responding law on the way asap. Sending the Navy out to clean the Gulf or the Andaman is far more expensive in the long term.

Make people pay heavily for each bag in shops this will then bring the numbers down

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

had managed to collect about 5,500 tonnes of floating garbage, many of them plastic.

Only a drop in the bucket to what is out there. The question now is will you be a muller or a doer. This is a nationwide problem not just a small tourist area problem. 

18 hours ago, fxe1200 said:

This is not more than a drop in a bucket. Thailand as the world five-largest polluter should ban non-compostable plastic bags and styrofoam everywhere. Compostable food containers made from banana leaves and glucose had been developed at the  Thammasat University years ago. If you are smart Mr. President Prayut Chan-o-cha , then use the paragraph 44 to get a  responding law on the way asap. Sending the Navy out to clean the Gulf or the Andaman is far more expensive in the long term.

Why not Ban plastic bags in the whole Country, State of Hawaii did.