Thai's and garbage dumping......

[Boon Mee]

Has? anybody seen a Litterbin in Thailand ....If so, Where ?

Lots of them in Suphanburi.

Big blue plastic barrels all along Hwy 340.

[Boon Mee]

Yes indeed, throwing garbage everywhere is a 'normal' thing for un-civilized humans and thus, we can unequivocally state that Thai's are not civilized.

your logic is as flawed as your political convictions

I was being factious and you are too literal-minded to get the drift. Like the teeth issue but we won't talk about that again for fear of hurt feelings and so forth, eh?

btw, my political convictions are right and true...

[tsicar]

Has? anybody seen a Litterbin in Thailand ....If so, Where ?

Lots of them in Suphanburi.

Big blue plastic barrels all along Hwy 340.

yep.
we had garbage bins outside every house in the village.
were emptied daily at 04.00 am.
..then at around 2.00 pm every day, the recycling kunts would come and upturn them and rummage through the shite for bottles and cans and pets that had died of natural causes, and leave all the rest of the crap strewn about for the wind and the soidogs to further distribute.

[oxyjohn]

Our first little house on the darkside fronted on a public road. The road bordered some open land and along the fence line quite a bit of shit had accumlated along the 100 metre long section of road along our row of houses. Shorlty after settling in i set about litter picking this stretch. It took me a good 4 or 5 hours. The mostly thai neighbours looked on bemused, anyhow it looked much better when i'd finished. Along comes mother in law, walking back from the local shop, eating some sandwich and happily throws the wrapper down on my newly cleaned road. WTF, i went mad. I never bothered again and now the road is a shit tip again. but we don't live there anymore so who cares? not the fcking locals anyway.

[Stumpy]

I really had no intention of citing a Thai bashing thread, I was just really pissed about what I saw. I would have felt the same anywhere. Its one thing not to have the capability to dispose of shit but to have it and then dump on a beach is just down right retarded. There was absolutely no excuse for it. Whatever fucktard dump it knew damn well they could have left it right outside the temple on the street and the garbage guys would have picked it up. But nope, the beach seemed like a better place.

Some more relatives showed up today and we all walked down to the beach to relax. Thankfully it was clean. I saw the monks again and they smiled and bowed and thanked us again for helping.

Anyway it is what it is.

[withnallstoke]

I saw a discarded plastic bag that was full of empty food,
but i didn't see the discardee for fear of being rude.
I looked at them, they stared at me proclaiming wealth was might,
And fucked off in a finger gesturing inkling. You aint seen me. Right.

[Crepitus]

Notice that a lot of rellies ( NOT all) have garbage free areas around their houses now ..which were formally a tip..little bit of my influence of asking where to put my garbage when visiting..mostly I just got an old container of sorts and stood it out back..and they still use 'em...no idea where they dump it when it is full though.?

I am still resisting the urge at SILs house to rake up all the shite and put a match to it...has a fricking 20 acre farm and just dumps her garbage in a ring around front of the house in the sea of mud and muck created by a leaking water pipe....sigh.......won't mention the inside of the house!! Guess it just don't worry some people ..

Unsuccessful in suggesting an old paint bucket for veggie/food waste for a bit of compost for the garden though...still gets thrown someplace among the veggie plots which probably works just as well....lol

Wish I could house train our friggin geckos...

[Marmite the Dog]

why do people insist on putting floating commas into plural nouns?

Non-native speakers. The Aussies are the worst, closely followed by the Seppos.

[Marmite the Dog]

^ Point in case is this quote below. I'd be embarrassed to write so poorly, even when pissed.

Has? anybody seen a Litterbin in Thailand ....If so, Where ?

Yes, loads. They're even emptied sometimes.

[palexxxx]

why do people insist on putting floating commas into plural nouns?

drives me up the fekking wall

example??

[Carrabow]

why do people insist on putting floating commas into plural nouns?

drives me up the fekking wall

You must be a TEFLer

[ice4351]

I took 5 friends to Thailand last July. When we toured the beaches in Phuket there was garbage laying around everywhere but there were now garbage cans to be seen? Every beach was dirty. What gives?

[Chairman Mao]

What is it with Thai's and garbage????

They are simple, selfish and ignorant beings.

The only thing they care about besides face is themselves, now, in the immediate. They consider an action that is a disadvantage to them, such as carrying a piece of litter to an appropriate disposal as dumb and stupid as it does not benefit them, now, in the immediate, or perhaps even at all. So what a dumb fucking thing to do.

Anyone who doesn't think solely of themselves in the immediate now, and disadvantages their self by acting for others without any gain for them selves is a fool.

And they're no fools.

[Smug Farang Bore]

Thay have a piss on the fire boys my beans are done attitude.

Ding ding..I'm on the bus.

[keekwai]

The whole throwing shit away here is even dafter when you can hoard all your shit and then SELL it.
There is a very healthy market for recycling pretty much anything, there is no need to chuck stuff away.
It's a bit like the old rag and bone men (Steptoe) around here - except instead of swapping your shit for a balloon these guys give you hard cash.

Have to keep in mind the sub workforce that scour the streets and bins for recyclables. If Thais stopped flinging crap everywhere it would upset the social food chain!

[Nikk]

Went Koh Rin just passed Koh Larn last month, they were filming some kind of Thai movie there and had structured a temporary film set on one side of the beach. There were huge polystyrene structures and wooden stages nailed together and huge wooden crates. Went back few weeks later long after they finished filming, all the shit from the film set was still there. They just left it.

Walking up past that beach the sand is littered with shit from the fishing boats, especially m150 bottles washed up. We even saw two rusting anti aircraft rounds about 40cm long that looked live to me, washed up just passed the shore line. Absoulutley spectacular island but so very sad to see the mess that's acumilated over time.

[Hampsha]

Now I am not an enviro freak by any means but sheeeeesh...........

Well, that's too bad because 'enviro freaks' don't litter and ruin the environment. Today you are angry tomorrow your apathy will support some other environmental pollution. You should be a bit more of an enviromental freak for a better planet.

[DrAndy]

Andrew, would you say people here care about the environment because you've seen worse environments in say India or Africa?

those that have been educated about the problems care, I know a few

those whose livelihood are affected by the problem care

most don't as they never even really see the problem and need it rammed down their throats!

[DrAndy]

Walking up past that beach the sand is littered with shit from the fishing boats, especially m150 bottles washed up. We even saw two rusting anti aircraft rounds about 40cm long that looked live to me, washed up just passed the shore line. Absoulutley spectacular island but so very sad to see the mess that's acumilated over time.

if you go stay at any resort, the beach is usually clean; if they don't clean it their customers will not come back

[tony wall]

my wife is very houseproud and loves the garden last christmas her mother came down to stay for a few months because it was too cold for her in muckdahan. dont know how the wife got to be so clean as her mother is a mobile (semi)trash producer and the wife follows after her picking up her crap that she throws all over the garden, in march her son and his family came down to visit her for a few days they also threw their rubbish in the garden the first evening the wife went absolutely ballistic with them and insisted the children go and pick up the litter and put it in the bin that we have outside the gate which they did in a fashion.next morning they packed up and went back to the shit hole they call home. now the mother in law is back at our house as it's cold again up north but i am not expecting her son to visit her this year, you have to be thankful for small mercies

[glidermanchris]

IMHO, what Thailand really needs in order to address the litter/dumping problem is a long-term public awareness/education program and better waste management infrastructure. America used to be just as bad back when I was a kid, but then in the 60s and 70s the government and schools got involved with add campaigns and ecology courses in the schools. The result was that it eventually became socially unacceptable to litter and dump. It still happens, of course, but the problem is nowhere near what it used to be. If Thais could be made to feel a loss of face when they litter, it would stop pretty quickly...

[withnallstoke]

America used to be just as bad back when I was a kid, but then in the 60s and 70s the government and schools got involved with add campaigns and ecology courses in the schools.

[Stumpy]

Now I am not an enviro freak by any means but sheeeeesh...........

Well, that's too bad because 'enviro freaks' don't litter and ruin the environment. Today you are angry tomorrow your apathy will support some other environmental pollution. You should be a bit more of an enviromental freak for a better planet.

Let me clarify "Enviro Freak". What I mean is I am not a protester that will stand on a street chanting nor will I climb a tree and starve myself to make a point to save a tree because those have little affect on people. But I do my part. I dispose of garbage accordingly. I recycle paper and plastic and give to my neighbor gal. I absolutely refuse to buy soda in a plastic bag. I pass on the straw and bags at the stores if its really not required.

It is all about educating and leading by example. I realize I am not going to fix the situation here but I know I did the right things.

[aging one]

On the subject of the garbage. I have never seen so many flies in Bangkok in my life, I guess they came from the garbage. Out in the burbs is just awful, Laksi, Don Muang, Prathum Thani, Sai Mai, nothing but flies.

Never have I seen flies especially so many here in BKK. Trying to work and clean and paint is a pain in the ass. I hate these frigging flies.

[DrAndy]

If Thais could be made to feel a loss of face when they litter

there would be faces all over the ground

nor will I climb a tree and starve myself to make a point to save a tree because those have little affect on people

well, trees have an important effect, so are worth saving. I admire the guys who climb trees to stop developers ruining a beautiful area

I have never seen so many flies

is just awful,

Never have I seen flies

I hate these frigging flies.

no flies on you, AO