webfact Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 "Amazingly Clean Thailand" campaign comes to Pattaya PATTAYA: -- A company specializing in food and refuse bags held an event in Pattaya on Friday to promote their product and to award those who have assisted their fellow citizens and local community. Khun Sugamon, former Minister for Culture and Khun Itipon, the Mayor of Pattaya, attended the event held at Pattaya School Number 1 to promote a clean and healthy environment for everyone. The event was organized by the DPAC Inter Corporation through their “Hero” brand of refuse and food bags which they have just introduced to supermarkets all over Thailand. Full story: http://www.pattayaon...mpaign-pattaya/ -- Pattaya One 2013-01-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoslim Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 another useless photo op stunt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronz28 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Well, it has to start somewhere. We have "Don't mess with Texas" and the education programs and ad campaigns seem to help- less polluted than it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The event was organized by the DPAC Inter Corporation through their “Hero” brand of refuse and food bags which they have just introduced to supermarkets all over Thailand. Just what Thailand needs ... more plastic bags. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggie888888 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The one amazing fact about this report is that everyone managed to keep a straight face throughout the farce. Clean and pattaya cannot be mentioned in same sentence, sadly. And that bloody mayor, apparently foreign educated, ought to know better. Because under his watch many of our beaches and neighbourhoods have become rubbish strewn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddums Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 another useless photo op stunt Where is Drew ? Should be 'Miracle if Thailand Clean' campaign. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Put a recycle/scrap value on plastic bags - the place would be picked clean overnight! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiNiro Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 It boggles the mind that the people making a living on the beach and sea are some of the worst offenders. The jet ski rental guys leave a pile of styrofoam, plastic, bottles and general trash all over their work area every day.(beach) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growe237 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) Well, it has to start somewhere. We have "Don't mess with Texas" and the education programs and ad campaigns seem to help- less polluted than it used to be. And in New Hampshire, they have "Live free or die" on license plates. Edited January 28, 2013 by growe237 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiNiro Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The one amazing fact about this report is that everyone managed to keep a straight face throughout the farce. Clean and pattaya cannot be mentioned in same sentence, sadly. And that bloody mayor, apparently foreign educated, ought to know better. Because under his watch many of our beaches and neighbourhoods have become rubbish strewn. Developers, builders and others, dump truckload after truckload of trash almost anywhere and everywhere in Jomtien and Pratamnak Hill neighborhoods. The sides of the roads and every empty lot now looks like a slum landfill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axact Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Great no more smut and dirt in Pattaya, just put it all in a special plastic bag.... Is this really about cleaning up Pattaya or just a clever company's advertising scheme ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardofel Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 "Amazing Clean Thailand"??????? Where? Siriraj Hospital? Garbage everywhere I go in the Chiang Mai area and I mean everywhere......what a crock of........! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillap Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) The one amazing fact about this report is that everyone managed to keep a straight face throughout the farce. Clean and pattaya cannot be mentioned in same sentence, sadly. And that bloody mayor, apparently foreign educated, ought to know better. Because under his watch many of our beaches and neighbourhoods have become rubbish strewn. Developers, builders and others, dump truckload after truckload of trash almost anywhere and everywhere in Jomtien and Pratamnak Hill neighborhoods. The sides of the roads and every empty lot now looks like a slum landfill. Amazingly clean Pattaya...ha ha...what a joke...rampant sewer smells everywhere...rampant garbage can smells and diesel fumes from the countless coaches and baht buses!!! Edited January 28, 2013 by Rimmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre0720 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 And here in Phuket, we have the huge billboards advising full 100% compulsory enforcement for wearing helmets. Jing na??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgh2740 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 If they fill the plastic bags with trash, they can send them to Bangkok to use to hold off the flood waters. Great flood prevention plan..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I wish a campaign like this would come to Samui. It is perhaps the most neglected tourist area in all of Thailand. Trash everywhere. Very, very few of the beautiful beaches are not covered with trash, and plastic bottles. Where is the pride? Why such neglect? When so much money is being made, why are so few willing to give anything back? Where is the mayor? Why does the surat Thani governor not care? For as little as $2500 per month, every beach could be cleaned once a month. Every beach on this island! It feels as if samui is being mismanaged at nearly every level. What a crime, and what a shame. I love samui, but it feels as if it going downhill, quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katipo Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 There are many words I could use to describe Thailand, clean however, is not one of them. I don't need to list reasons or give examples, it's obvious to all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 another useless photo op stunt And so .... let the cynical pessimism begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 There are many words I could use to describe Thailand, clean however, is not one of them. I don't need to list reasons or give examples, it's obvious to all. Actually Bangkok is the cleanest city I've ever seen in a third-world country. In fact, Silom, Sukhumvit, Siam Sq. areas are very glean and well manicured. You want to see dirty? Go to India, Pakistan, Jakarta, Mexico City, .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The one amazing fact about this report is that everyone managed to keep a straight face throughout the farce. Clean and pattaya cannot be mentioned in same sentence, sadly. And that bloody mayor, apparently foreign educated, ought to know better. Because under his watch many of our beaches and neighbourhoods have become rubbish strewn. Developers, builders and others, dump truckload after truckload of trash almost anywhere and everywhere in Jomtien and Pratamnak Hill neighborhoods. The sides of the roads and every empty lot now looks like a slum landfill. Amazingly clean Pattaya...ha ha...what a joke...rampant sewer smells everywhere...rampant garbage can smells and diesel fumes from the countless coaches and baht buses!!! I wonder if this is why some call Pattaya "The Big Toilet'' of the world!!! And yet those farangs that complain the most are the ones who choose to live there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 "Amazing that they call it Clean Thailand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie61 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I would say that most shops, department stores and convenience stores in Thailand are run by Thai chinese, and clearly the only way to motivate chinese thais is through their pocket book. Put a tax on plastic bags, and within a year, 7/11 will be asking you if you really want a plastic bag, rather than giving you two for safety, plus a drinking straw just in case. EASY! Put a recycle/scrap value on plastic bags - the place would be picked clean overnight! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I would say that most shops, department stores and convenience stores in Thailand are run by Thai chinese, and clearly the only way to motivate chinese thais is through their pocket book. Put a tax on plastic bags, and within a year, 7/11 will be asking you if you really want a plastic bag, rather than giving you two for safety, plus a drinking straw just in case. EASY! Put a tax on plastic bags, and 7/11 will start charging for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I would say that most shops, department stores and convenience stores in Thailand are run by Thai chinese, and clearly the only way to motivate chinese thais is through their pocket book. Put a tax on plastic bags, and within a year, 7/11 will be asking you if you really want a plastic bag, rather than giving you two for safety, plus a drinking straw just in case. EASY! Put a tax on plastic bags, and 7/11 will start charging for them. They charge you in the UK, LIDL spring to mind among others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Please no more bloody taxes on things . how about an anti litter / dumping education program, more employees to clean things up, keep the bins empty and clean, more money paid for recycled plastic...... maybe some jobswoths handing out fines as a last resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddums Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Please no more bloody taxes on things . how about an anti litter / dumping education program, more employees to clean things up, keep the bins empty and clean, more money paid for recycled plastic...... maybe some jobswoths handing out fines as a last resort. Yes, the BMA do that and they do a wonderful job of it I might add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakename Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Yes, we complain, and why not? Would it be better if we complained about Nairobi or the smoge in China? We live here, thats why we complain, because it affects us! Just seen a jet ski engine being being overhauled on one of the rest areas at Jomtien beach, didnt seem to bother them, that they were spreading oil everywhere. Amazing clean Thailand, yes, its amazing if there is a clean spot somewhere. I hope the new bags are dog proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Amazingly clean Pattaya awarded themselves the title of "Cleanest beach in S.E. Asia" several years ago, and I often get mistaken for Brad Pitt ! 555555555 ! A friend who,s information I trust said he had seen, about 3 weeks ago, the boys out in the road outside of their bar on Soi 13/4 waving their private parts in public, a stunt obviously designed to improve Pattaya,s clean image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender92 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 If they fill the plastic bags with trash, they can send them to Bangkok to use to hold off the flood waters. Great flood prevention plan..... They will likely burn the bags, if any get filled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrain Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The event was organized by the DPAC Inter Corporation through their “Hero” brand of refuse and food bags which they have just introduced to supermarkets all over Thailand. Just what Thailand needs ... more plastic bags. I remember a news report a few years ago where the Thais had invented a machine that made gasoline of waste plastic. I've been saving plastic bags ever since, as I considered to be a milionare bilionare by now, but I don't hear anything from the invention anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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