webfact Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 "Act now before it's too late" - uni environmentalist posts disgraceful picture of Thai beach Picture: Manager Online A leading university environmentalist has posted a damning picture of the trash on a Thai beach. Dr Thon Thamrongnawasawat said he was sent the picture from a national marine park in Thailand. The picture speaks for itself but Dr Thon said that the Thais must act before the damage to the environment is irreversible. The deputy dean of Kasetsat University spoke of how Thailand has been shamed as the sixth worst ocean polluter on the planet. Comments on 6,400 shares of the picture remarked on the need for campaigns to stop the use of plastic to be stepped up and for people to stop throwing their trash in the wrong places. Source: Manager Online -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-09-17 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taichiplanet Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 cannot see anything wrong, no one is pointing at the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puchaiyank Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 This should be required 1st pic in any tourism promotion... This pic will likely disappear from the net...along with photographer...???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Beaches and oceans are too much work !!! Thailand rolls with huge shopping centers and new mega condo complexes,then when they are worn out and boring,just knock em down and build a better newer bigger one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myran Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 People should start to flood the net with pictures of their local, dirty beaches with the hashtag #AmazingThailand or something. Shaming is apparently the only thing that will get the government and communities in gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choff56 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Can't see it from my house, but then again, I live in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I fear it's already too late. They've seen plastic refuse at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 23 minutes ago, Myran said: People should start to flood the net with pictures of their local, dirty beaches Not only the beaches. The whole country looks like a dumpsite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, Vacuum said: Not only the beaches. The whole country looks like a dumpsite. i took these photos near my house in Hua Hin. A very common site unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: i took these photos near my house in Hua Hin. A very common site unfortunately. Im always amazed by the piles of construction debris you see here in vacant lots, roadsides and in worksites. Inspectors in the USA would have a field day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: i took these photos near my house in Hua Hin. A very common site unfortunately. What's wrong with the locals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Vacuum said: What's wrong with the locals? Thats construction debris, it could be falangs too ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 they will blame the Cyclones... - no matter that the stuff was already there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Nick Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, Vacuum said: What's wrong with the locals? Mai bpen rai! That's what's wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 2 hours ago, webfact said: "Act now before it's too late" - uni environmentalist posts disgraceful picture of Thai beach The only thing this student gets is a defamation charges for destroying Thailand's image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I remember some years ago the local Orbortor putting a load of wheelie bins around the beach area in Nai Harn within a couple of weeks they had all been stolen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 16 minutes ago, Nyezhov said: Thats construction debris, it could be falangs too ???? Yes, but I'd think it was dumped by local workers employed by farang/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the guest Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 It's all down to education. The government needs a keep Thailand clean campaign. However, I'm not sure if the message by the locals will be heard though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Send in the submarines, troops in their new carriers, the new tanks and throw in the aircraft carrier for good measure. That ought to fix things. Knew all the billions upon billions spent on the military would benefit the country, its citizens and environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 2 hours ago, webfact said: Dr Thon Thamrongnawasawat said he was sent the picture from a national marine park in Thailand. In which case it might not be a Thai beach. I know that after a storm a lot of trash does get brought onto beaches and I don't dispute that a lot of rubbish is dropped on beaches by thoughtless people but more evidence needs to be given on which beach this was and when was the picture taken ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I would like to know is that beach really in Thailand if so where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy John Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 When it's ocean trash it's a bit hard to blame the Thai's but people stopping by the side of the road to dump trash, that's a whole nother matter! And how many times have I seen trash thrown from a car or motorcycle....countless times! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Coming to a beach near you soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRToMRT Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 They should state where it is and ask for volunteers to help clean it up before it just gets washed back in the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meechai Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 There is this really weird behavior among Thai people We have seen it many times over the years regardless of what province it is in. If one Thai dumps some trash at a roadside spot it is as if someone put up a blinking sign that said "New Dump Site" Because in the coming weeks/months that single dumping of trash attracts more & more folks to dump there Don't know why but there is zero respect for the Land which is odd given their supposed beliefs & use of spirit houses etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, Grumpy John said: When it's ocean trash it's a bit hard to blame the Thai's but people stopping by the side of the road to dump trash, that's a whole nother matter! And how many times have I seen trash thrown from a car or motorcycle....countless times! ???? Yes indeed. Every evening I ride my bicycle along a concrete road through the rice fields . A week or two back I had to wait as round the corner an ancient pick up had stopped in the middle of the road , When it had gone I saw why it had stopped , to unload a load of trash on the bank next to the stream . NIMBY I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak2002003 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Puchaiyank said: This should be required 1st pic in any tourism promotion... This pic will likely disappear from the net...along with photographer...???? Agree. The photographer is clearly damaging Thailand's image and needs to be arrested, detained and re educated.. after which he needs to make a public apology, grovel, and say it was misinformation. If they can blame a few Burmese workers that would help too. 8 minutes ago, meechai said: There is this really weird behavior among Thai people We have seen it many times over the years regardless of what province it is in. If one Thai dumps some trash at a roadside spot it is as if someone put up a blinking sign that said "New Dump Site" Because in the coming weeks/months that single dumping of trash attracts more & more folks to dump there Don't know why but there is zero respect for the Land which is odd given their supposed beliefs & use of spirit houses etc. Same in my area up in Chiang Mai. I love to go cycling around the countryside, the scenery is stunning, lush rice fields, woodlands, mountains and streams. Over the years I have noticed more and more dumping of rubbish and various junk around the remoter places. I cycled into the mountains near a dam where there used to be a lovely lake with buffalo grazing nearby and lush forest a few years back. Well it had turned into a scene from an apocalyptic movie.... most of the trees were burnt, the lake was thick green soup, there were huge mountains of trash and rubbish piled everywhere and in the lake, in various stages of being burnt, and there were more piles of rusting fridges, an old car, and masses of plastic and plaster building materials in all directions. I was disgusting and saddening how some people don't care at all about their environment or want to look after their own home and country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisperone Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Welcome to Paradise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 2 hours ago, NCC1701A said: i took these photos near my house in Hua Hin. A very common site unfortunately. That one is “landfill”. So they can build more “luxury house”. I agree it ugly, but have reason. The house in the photo probably the same. The beach rubbish is disaster, killing fish, turtle etc. So sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Look up Boyan Slat, a Dutch guy who developed a way to clean the oceans. https://theoceancleanup.com/ Maybe there is hope, we truly need to quell the causes, education will help for sure. Plenty of landfill space for the next few generations, people just need to use proper receptacles and those receptacles need to be collected and dumped in the landfills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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