Not a TAT Promotion Campaign

Coffee said:
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They need rubbish collection points outside the city limits, dumpsters that can be used and collected and brought to the land fill or rubbish furnace for burning. Many of the housing projects have no place to dump rubbish or trash cans for collecting. It is disgusting. Here in Thep Thani they asked the residents for a mere 50 baht a month (per household) to have trash collected and at one point there used to be a dumpster to use for such. Many households would not pay for this and the dumpster was taken away never to return. It is stupid.
 
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Many if not most Thais do not perceive trash as a major problem. All too many households leave their trash lying where it falls instead of disposing of it correctly. As a direct consequence, the idea of paying for appropriate waste disposal is usually considered a waste of money, as described at Thep Thani by Cent. They seem not to be unduly bothered by the sight of trash at home or fly-tipped elsewhere.

I agree that it needs to be resolved, but without the will of the people, it never will be.

The problem is not exclusive to Thailand of course: Trash was imported by ship from some western countries (including the UK) to China, and then found its way to Indonesia and Malaysia's waterways. Our attitude tends to be "out of sight, out of mind" when it comes to trash.
 
On another note just look at tiny Singapore's model at dealing with recycling, coincineration-generation, reuse and landfilling. It is pretty amazing.
 
Merlin said:
Many if not most Thais do not perceive trash as a major problem. All too many households leave their trash lying where it falls instead of disposing of it correctly. As a direct consequence, the idea of paying for appropriate waste disposal is usually considered a waste of money, as described at Thep Thani by Cent. They seem not to be unduly bothered by the sight of trash at home or fly-tipped elsewhere.

I agree that it needs to be resolved, but without the will of the people, it never will be.

The problem is not exclusive to Thailand of course: Trash was imported by ship from some western countries (including the UK) to China, and then found its way to Indonesia and Malaysia's waterways. Our attitude tends to be "out of sight, out of mind" when it comes to trash.
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Many households, even here in Thep Thani, not just the villages, burn much of their trash in the yard. (Very illegal these days in many states in the US.) Or in a vacant lot in the area.
 
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