rubbish

  • Thailand News

    Landlord discovers room filled with garbage and pests after tenant’s two-year absence

    A seemingly pristine rental room transforms into a nightmarish pit of filth and creatures. What started as a routine check turned into a jaw-dropping discovery for landlord Namwan Panadda. Namwan, a seasoned landlord with three decades of dormitory management under her belt, stumbled upon the grotesque underworld hidden behind a seemingly ordinary door. A room, faithfully occupied by a 42…

  • Phuket News

    Cleanup: Over four tonnes of rubbish cleared from Rang Kai Bay, Phuket

    This past weekend the serene Rang Kai Bay, located at Koh Racha Noi to the south of Phuket, bore witness to a significant environmental action. More than four tonnes of rubbish and debris were hauled away from this picturesque locale, a hotspot for dive tourism, during an extensive beach and underwater cleanup. The leading figure behind this endeavour was none…

  • Thailand News

    Rubbish accumulation shock: Chiang Mai condo unveils year-long neglect

    A year-long accumulation of rubbish in a Chiang Mai condominium sparked concern among other tenants when it led to a water leak. The tenant, a 40 year old postal worker, had been absent for a year, leaving behind a room filled with waste at a lodging on Mahidol Road, Nong Hoi, Mueang District, Chiang Mai. The issue came to light…

  • Thailand News

    Bangkok’s trash talk: Police crackdown reveals illegal rubbish dumps, locals left in a stinky situation

    The Thai Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) has cracked down on 11 points across Bangkok, unearthing five illegal rubbish dumps causing a stench and distress to locals. One rubbish dump caretaker revealed that they charge 60 to 100 baht per vehicle. The operation today was led by Police Lieutenant General Watcharawin Pusit, MPB commissioner, who ordered Police Lieutenant Colonel Arun Watchirasrisukanya,…

  • Thailand News

    Trash horror: Waste collector stumbles upon newborn’s tragic fate in black Bangkok rubbish bin

    A shocking discovery was made by a waste collector in the Nong Chok district of Bangkok when he found the discarded dead body of a newborn in a black rubbish bin. The incident happened at 4am this morning. Authorities from Suwinthawong Police Station, forensic doctors from the Police Hospital, and officials from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation were swiftly alerted to investigate the…

  • Thailand News

    Bangkok trash talk: BMA sparks a green revolution with electric trucks and waste-to-energy wonders

    The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is making strides to modernise waste management in the city, with plans to introduce electric garbage trucks and construct two additional waste-to-energy (WTE) plants. Deputy permanent secretary of the BMA, Chatree Wattanakajorn, announced this progressive move yesterday. The BMA has successfully negotiated a contract permitting a private firm to construct the WTE plants at waste…

  • Thailand News

    BMA plans rubbish fee hike to tackle city’s waste issue

    The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) unveiled a new strategy to deal with the capital’s mounting rubbish issue. The plan is to hike the monthly rubbish collection fee for households from the current 20 baht to 60 baht starting from October next year. According to Pornphrom Vikitsreth, an adviser to the Bangkok governor, households willing to continue paying the existing fee…

  • Central Thailand News

    Monk goes viral for auto rubbish-collecting cart to clean temple

    A monk came up with an ingenious idea borne out of necessity, giving birth to a functional, automatic rubbish collection cart. The monk, who lives in the Ayutthaya province, created a cart that can gather and collect discarded items and fallen leaves from a 14-acre temple area without the need for manual labour. Built from scraps collected around the temple…

  • Thailand News

    Beach regulations: Pattaya considers time limits due to litter and noise surge

    Escalating noise levels and litter are being reported on the popular beaches of Pattaya City. As a result, the city council is contemplating the introduction of strict timings for public access to these beaches, in line with the proposed beach regulations. Reports include disturbances from visitors who choose to extend their beach parties into the early hours of the morning.…

  • Thailand News

    Bangkok cleanup: State railway clear rubbish on future elevated train line site

    An assertive Bangkok cleanup approach has been taken by both the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) in conjunction with the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), to clear mounting rubbish clustered along the rail tracks in proximity to Phaya Thai. This follows a poignant post by a Japanese Twitter user which displayed the deplorable conditions encircling a Kiha-183 train, generously donated to…

  • Environment News

    Bangkok levies heavy fines for those who litter in waterways

    The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is levying heavy fines for those who are caught throwing rubbish into the city’s waterways. The administration says it collects 9,000 tonnes of trash a day from the city’s canals. Some of those items include old mattresses and waste. Governor Chadchart Sittipunt says most of the waste is collected around Phra Khanong pumping station as…

  • World News

    Deepavali holidaymakers leave popular Malaysian cities full of rubbish

    Popular tourist spots in Malaysia are resembling rubbish dumping grounds as the recent 4 day Deepavali holiday, ended in mounds of litter. The Deepavali, or Diwali, holiday last week saw the Penang Island City council cleaning up an estimated 5,256 tonnes of garbage. Xavier Sebastian, the city council urban services department director, told the Straits Times that the increase was…

  • Environment News

    Island of rubbish: Koh Samui’s pollution problem remains unsolved

    No one can argue with the appeal of visiting Thailand’s exotic, tropical islands. With their glistening palm trees, crystal-clear waters, and powdery, white sands, a trip down south is what many yearn to cross off their bucket lists. One of Thailand’s most iconic islands is that of Koh Samui. As the largest and most developed island in the Gulf of…

  • Crime News

    Thai laws, how to stay out of jail in Thailand | VIDEO

    Thailand has plenty of laws, some of them applied more vigorously than others. Some not at all. But the ones they do apply can get you in hot water or, at worst, in a Thai jail. You DON’T want to end up there. Here’s a few of the better and lesser known Thai laws from The Thaiger. You can visit…

  • Koh Samui News

    UPDATE: Koh Samui ferry capsize. 3 people still missing.

    3 people are still missing in the aftermath of the capsizing of a Koh Samui car ferry, the Raja 4. The incident happened last night, about 2 nautical miles short of Don Sak pier in Surat Thani, on its way back from Koh Samui. It was transporting garbage from the island and had trucks, crew, drivers and a company salesperson…

  • Pattaya News

    Two-car collision in Pattaya as flying plastic bag obscures driver’s vision

    A woman whose vehicle ploughed into the back of another, causing it to flip upside down, says her vision was obscured by a garbage bag landing on her windscreen. 35 year old Supaphon Puttaraksa says she panicked and lost control of her car, crashing into another vehicle travelling in front of her. That car was being driven by 55 year…

  • World News

    Fire in Kanchanaburi sends foul smoke over Burmese border

    Yesterday, a large area of the province of Kanchanaburi was engulfed in stinking toxic smoke after a garbage fire ripped through a 3-rai (51,667 squared metres) garbage dump in the district of Sangkhlaburi, right on the Burmese border. The garbage tip is located next to a sugarcane farmer’s village. 2 fire trucks were sent by Kanchanaburi officials to extinguish the…

  • Environment News

    80% of garbage in the sea comes from the waterways of Thailand’s cities and towns

    PHOTOS: Kasetsart University Where does all the garbage floating around Thailand’s waters come from? A survey by a leading university shows that 80% of the rubbish, floating in our waterways and off our coastlines, is sourced in Thailand. It ends up eventually polluting the Kingdom’s beaches. Concerns are again being raised about the level of garbage found in the seas around…

  • Environment News

    Phuket’s Surin Beach’s anti-erosion walls fails causing another environmental disaster

    PHOTOS: ขยะมรสุม ขยะมรสุม has posted on their Facebook page about the ugly and failed attempt at an erosion wall at Phuket’s Surin Beach (photos below). He said in his post… “Found this big pile of trouble at Surin Beach. What are these sacks for? Are they becoming trash? You won’t conquer nature with sand sacks. If you want to make…

  • Environment News

    Thailand’s big retailers will stop handing out plastic bags in January 2020

    “These partners have vowed to stop giving out single-use plastic bags to customers starting January.” The Thai environment minister has announced a major agreement from large retailers, plastic manufacturers and department stores to stop handing out single-use plastic bags to customers. The new program will start from next year. Over the past year several large retailers have come up with…

  • Thai Life

    Asia’s trash couture – Thailand and China’s recycling supermodels

    “He inspires others to challenge the norm, to break the mold, and to explore new and exciting possibilities.” Apichet “Madaew’” Atirattana grew up among the rice fields in Thailand’s Isaan region. Growing up as a teenager anywhere is a challenge. But deciding to take your village trash and turning it into high-fashion was always going to turn heads. That’s what…

  • Environment News

    Autopsy on dead 15 year old Hawksbill sea turtle held today

    PHOTO: Thai PBS World Veterinarians from the sea turtle hospital at Sattahip naval base in Chon Buri, south of Pattaya on the Gulf of Thailand, are doing an autopsy on a dead endangered Hawksbill sea turtle. The one metre long and 40 kilogram dead sea turtle, believed to be about 15 years old, was found floating near Koh Juang in…

  • Environment News

    Turtle rescued on Nai Harn Beach, Phuket

    PHOTO: Aroon Solos Today (August 15) at about 1pm, the lifeguard team at Nai Harn Beach rescued a small turtle, which had become stuck in a fertiliser sack. They found the turtle washed up ashore with the sack wrapped up around its neck. They tried to carefully remove the sack from the turtle’s neck but found that the turtle had…

  • Environment News

    Sea turtle rescued from sea garbage off Phuket – VIDEO

    PHOTOS: Marokus Chundee / Koh Racha Lifeguards A sea turtle has been rescued from sea garbage off the coast of Koh Racha, south of Phuket, yesterday. At about noon lifeguards on Koh Racha were helping to bring a big pile of sea garbage back to the beach. In amongst all the flotsam and jetsam they found a sea turtle stuck…

  • Pattaya News

    Rubbish on Chon Buri beaches cleared after social media complaints

    PHOTO: DMCR First there was a beach on Koh Phi Phi, then a dirty canal in Bang Tao, Phuket. Now, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has cleared up rubbish on an island beach off Pattaya beaches in Chon Buri. Photos were posted in the ‘Pattaya Watchdog’ Facebook page on May 14 with a message reading, “Some business…

  • Pattaya News

    Mounds of trash found dumped near condo in Pattaya

    PHOTOS: Law Enforcement Pattaya City Huge piles of trash have been found dumped behind a condo in Pattaya. Law Enforcement officials from Pattaya City report that they were notified by locals and tourists about the mounds of rubbish left behind a condominium in Soi Arunothia in Pattaya. There was old furniture, beds, plastic bags, food and other items. Pattaya Law…

  • Krabi News

    Five foreigners spend their holidays cleaning up rubbish along Krabi Beach

    Five foreign tourists have spent their holidays today collecting rubbish along Laem Pong Beach in Krabi. They say they say they are very sad to see rubbish strewn all over the beaches and felt compelled to clean it up. 38 year old Latvian man Uldis Baumais, one of the tourists, says, “We have stayed at a hotel near the beach…

  • Thailand News

    New trend ‘Challenge for Change’ rubbish cleanup

    PHOTO: We Don’t Deserve This Planet A Facebook page named ‘We Don’t Deserve This Planet’ is running a campaign ‘Challenge for Change’ for rubbish cleanups. The site is an international page. The Facebook page says “Let it be trending!” with the hash tag #ChallengeForChange. “Here is a new #Challenge for all. Take a photo of an area that needs some cleaning or…

  • Environment News

    Pattaya housing project shuffles the garbage around but annoys neighbors

    A housing project in East Pattaya is generating so much rubbish it is causing a major annoyance to local residents. The construction co-ordinators have tried to move the garbage area of the site several times. But wherever they move the rubbish, it remains a problem for surrounding communities. The Pattaya Mail reports that Boontem Yikeng, director of the Nernplabwan Government…

  • Koh Samui News

    Foreigners rolling up sleeves to clear rubbish from Samui beaches

    by Somkiat Raksaman Foreign tourists are back on Samui’s beaches for the second day to help collect trash and debris swept to the shore by tropical storm Pabuk, which hit the Southern region last Friday. Popular Lamai beach was covered with garbage, plastic bags and other debris in the wake of the storm. A hotel operator, Kornpachara Meedet, says today…

  • Pattaya News

    Pattaya boat pier surrounded by rubbish

    PHOTOS: Sophon Cable Ever on the look-out for local environmental catastrophes, Sophon Cable is reporting that Pattaya authorities were doing little to assist in the picking up of trash and debris floating around the busy tourist departure pier. Local Pattaya media had been contacted by many tourists, according to Sophon Cable, complaining about the state of the Bali Hai port,…

  • Koh Samui News

    Helping Koh Samui fight the garbage glut

    Photos and story by Laurie Maitenaz An article by guest writer Laurie Maitenaz, a resident of Koh Samui, seeks to focus attention on the long-term garbage accumulation problems on the island. Most of his 11-point-plan to reduce garbage are things we can all action around the Kingdom. Let’s make 2019 the year of garbage reduction – think globally but act…

  • Bangkok News

    “Kayaking for Chao Phraya” – anti river-dumping campaign

    by Kornrawee Panyasuppakun The vice rector of Thammasat University, Prinya Thaewanarumitkul, will lead other kayakers on a 400 kilometre long “Kayaking for Chao Phraya” campaign to collect trash and urge people to stop dumping their garbage in the river. The kayakers start their 14 day journey on December 10 from the point where Thailand’s major river flows. They will kayak…

  • Pattaya News

    Pattaya beaches remain a disgrace despite 429 million baht clean-up

    PHOTOS: Facebook/Pattaya News Pattaya News has reported about the state of the beach along the Pattaya foreshore saying hundreds of millions of baht has been spent on adding new sand to the beaches but the area still looks a dirty mess. “What should be a stunning natural attraction for tourists is a continuing disgrace,” reports the Pattaya News. They report that…

  • Koh Samui News

    Minister says Samui waste problem a priority

    Following international coverage of waste buildup on Koh Samui, the government has promised prioritisation of garbage management nationwide, and has scheduled a meeting on the issue next week. Minister of the Interior Gen Anupong Paojinda has responded to foreign news outlets reporting over 300,000 tons of waste has accumulated on the resort island of Koh Samui by saying the government is…

  • Koh Samui News

    Koh Tao finds a way to get rid of its trash

    PHOTO: Thai PBS – Koh Tao rubbish Koh Toa has some good news today, for a change, after it’s been revealed that the Surat Thani dostrict of Poonpin has agreed to accept the island’s pile of 45,000 tonnes of rubbish for disposal. About 30 tonnes of trash is added to the garbage disposal plant of the island. The island has…