Although Phuket officials have repeatedly called on local administrations to clean their areas, one beach on the island province continues to struggle with its trash problem. At Nai Harn beach, plastic trays are often left near the water, and sometimes, people even leave their trash right next to a garbage bin (instead of in it).
One unnamed local resident told The Phuket News that even though street cleaners go to the beach every day, they only sweep leaves, and don’t pick up trash. He said watching the cleaners sweep the leaves, while completely ignoring the trash, broke his heart. He added that despite the municipality providing cleaning resources, those resources are ineffective.
“….the municipality’s logic to prioritise sweeping leaves off the footpath and road over the removal of plastic bottles and rubbish that…invariably ends up in the ocean”.
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