webfact Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Floating trash collectors to be used in 13 coastal provinces Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has recently received 20 floating trash collectors from a private company to be used in estuaries and tributaries in 13 provinces to scoop up trash, especially plastic waste, before it flows into the sea. Thanks to the Siam Cement Group, the floating trash collectors will be installed in Phetchaburi, Rayong, Samut Songkhram, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phang-nga, Phuket and eight other coastal provinces. Officials of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources will supervise the operation of the devices in coordination with SCG staff. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/floating-trash-collectors-to-be-used-in-13-coastal-provinces/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-08-23 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Saddly thais refuse to join the worlds effort to adobt a sustainable plastics campainge,instead using ''one day wars '' and machines like this ...street food vendor plastics and foam must end...period Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungstib Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Meanwhile 50 million mobile trash distributors roam the country making the most of the rubbish available from every supermarket and convenience store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youlike Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Wow! So Hitec!! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 This is why Thailand has a big problem with plastic pollution,they just keep adding to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sungod Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Just back from the UK, walked around some nice coastal/inland lake and river areas. Very very minimal rubbish- Why? Seems the UK are tackling this from source IE they try not to hand the stuff out first. Everyone from all walks of life go shopping with their own bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 That's what i call recycling, turn an old bed to a garbage collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Great idea. How about the worlds richest people e.g. bill gates join with govt’s. To design and test ocean going rubbish collecting ships and begin a cleaning program across the worlds oceans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySeaman Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 PVC plastic pipes, plastic net, and plastic coated synthetic (plastic) cloth sides. One storm and it will join with all the other plastic trash Thais put in the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexlark Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 18 minutes ago, HarrySeaman said: PVC plastic pipes, plastic net, and plastic coated synthetic (plastic) cloth sides. One storm and it will join with all the other plastic trash Thais put in the ocean. And brought to you by Siam Cement, manufacturers and retailers of plastic pipe and other plastic construction materials. In fairness though, blue plastic pipe and fittings are loved by the guys on recycling tricycles. (So much so, that they should never be used as No Parking poles or land boundary indicators. Almost instant disappearance!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Here today, gone tomorrow. Looking forward to a follow-up story on this. A progress report of sorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Swagman Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Wow, I thought from the headline that it might mean immigration would be handing out ‘floaties’ to incoming tourists...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Looks like a potential death trap for wildlife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 6 hours ago, sungod said: Just back from the UK, walked around some nice coastal/inland lake and river areas. Very very minimal rubbish- Why? Seems the UK are tackling this from source IE they try not to hand the stuff out first. Everyone from all walks of life go shopping with their own bags. Founded 1960: Keep Britain Tidy: Home Keep Britain Tidy - Wikipedia "1954 Led by its chair, Lady Elisabeth Brunner, the National Federation of Women's Institutes passes a resolution to "Keep Britain Tidy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 On 8/23/2019 at 2:38 PM, Enoon said: Founded 1960: Keep Britain Tidy: Home Keep Britain Tidy - Wikipedia "1954 Led by its chair, Lady Elisabeth Brunner, the National Federation of Women's Institutes passes a resolution to "Keep Britain Tidy". Very true. As a child growing up in the UK during the sixties there was plenty of litter around, thankfully we didn't have much plastic then. But we didn't really think, you finished with something you dropped it on the pavement or in a hedgerow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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