Originally Posted by
Switch
As recently as 2018, the trash incinerator on Koh Samui had been inoperative and idle for 10 years. This resulted in a 250,000 ton pile of garbage awaiting disposal. A small amount went to overflowing landfill sites on the island.
Garbage was being shipped by sea to mainland disposal sites in Suratthani province.
Koh Samui had two incinerators working to dispose of 140 tons of trash every week, until April 2020, when an incinerator fire closed the system down again.
In the waters surrounding Koh Samui, locals discovered a 10kn long “island” of plastic waste. Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam, produce 60% of the worlds plastic waste. While global tourist morons like you continue to scoff and guffaw at such global issues, the problem will only continue to grow, along with mountains of garbage from your beloved full moon parties, held on an tiny island with no adequate waste disposal system, and no landfill.
Wake the fuck and accept some responsibility for your hedonism you pathetic, childish tosser.