Thailand saying "NO!" to plastic bags: End in sight as January 1st "D-Day" looms

[Chazar 8,650]

2 hours ago, Beggar said:

especially from the Ganges

worry  more about the festering  bodies  floating down it

[Chazar 8,650]

8 minutes ago, Ramdas said:

Don’t you wander why they've used a westerner’s photo instead of a thai person

and a  "brazen"  one at that

[BobinBKK 519]

3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Some might be content with a hollowed-out gherkin.

Cucumber to big for tiny little man. In America we refer to smaller sized condoms as "Kiddie Condoms" suitable for Asian men

[zydeco 11,275]

56 minutes ago, fforest1 said:

They called January 1st 2020 "D-Day" in their headline - then didn't tell the public what those three kinds of plastic actually are.

But they said that four more kinds - also not specified - would also be banned from 2022

 

WHAT KIND OF PLASTIC WILL BE BANNED?........Sorry we cant tell you its a secret.......

 

Folks if this does not get you questioning the ban nothing will....

Realize that the hysteria over plastic bags is a matter of religion. Many Westerners in Thailand have spiritually empty lives and need something to fasten on to. The plastic bag hysteria is an easy answer. They want to be missionaries, spreading the gospel of hating plastic. One hundred years ago, these same people would have been all over Southeast Asia trying to bring Jesus to Thailand.

[Youlike 2,324]

17 minutes ago, Ramdas said:

Don’t you wander why they've used a westerner’s photo instead of a thai person to highlight their downfalls and misinformation they give to their own people ?

 

A westerner with a white rope around his wrist, he just got married to be able to get the Non-O 

 

 

[bristolgeoff 1,308]

I can t see it happening on that day.plastic issues  in Thailand will never be solved.shopping bags will work in towns but the village can not see that working

[Garybaldy 49]

I agree a start needs to be made. I reuse my store bags as bin bags so if they are no more I will have to buy bin liners( hopefully biodegradable) as I’m sure will a lot of other people. What about food plastic bags, drinks cups etc I see Intranin (I think that’s how you spell it) coffee are using bio cups which rot down in landfill. There are so many biodegradable options now maybe that’s the way to go.

[cardinalblue 3,274]

Nothing will change come Jan 1st...

 

prime example....Rim ping market in CM has no plastic bag on Wed given out....they provide cardboard boxes...

 

it has been six months maybe longer and I am the only one I have ever seen to bring my own cloth bag...

 

thais and expats living here are just too lazy and ignorant to modify their behavior... 

 

the store is to blame b/c providing boxes has no effect on behavioral change since it requires the customer to do nothing...
 

change means change and the gov/private businesses are too worried about taking people out of their comfort zone. We can’t tell people what to do....
 

Apathy abound in a traditional and status quo society....

 

 

[robblok 40,915]

14 minutes ago, zydeco said:

Realize that the hysteria over plastic bags is a matter of religion. Many Westerners in Thailand have spiritually empty lives and need something to fasten on to. The plastic bag hysteria is an easy answer. They want to be missionaries, spreading the gospel of hating plastic. One hundred years ago, these same people would have been all over Southeast Asia trying to bring Jesus to Thailand.

Then you got fools that think plastic bags are not a problem and have never seen the floating garbage fields of plastic in the oceans. Its all a matter of being informed. 

 

Also you got foreigners that believe we as Westerners have anything to say about these things in Thailand, this is thought of and implemented by Thais. Not because any westerner wanted it. 

[MrMo 307]

I am so bored with "Government Action" that I'm not bothering the give my thought on this report

[glennb6 638]

banning plastic bags is a hypocritical bs law - there's a lot more and a lot worse trash that gets dumped along roadsides to worry about a few thin plastic bags. Which by the way, often get re-used as garbage basket liners, carry bags for other things, and food wrappers. in the ussa they use re-cycled bio-degradable plastic bags - never could tell the difference but that they disintegrate over time in landfills and garbage dumps.

 

another sounds good bs plan by govt cow-towing to a bunch of environmental wackos

[mickey rat 557]

No more plastic bags? Where they going to throw their trash, out the window? Yup.

[Guderian 5,079]

My Buddha, no plastic bags! But what will the good citizens use to protect their coiffure when it rains?

 

[MRToMRT 1,775]

I was a youngster when single use plastic was not a thing - we all got on OK. 

[jaiyen 2,526]

3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Some might be content with a hollowed-out gherkin.

Or a Chilli !!!