Plastic & Trash on Thailand Beaches

Gone Adrift conducts a Phuket VS Pattaya comparison of trash in Thailand.
It's no secret that plastic trash is a massive issue in Thailand but is there a difference between waste management in Phuket and waste management in Pattaya?
After the 2018 Maya Bay closure to tourists, Black Tip Reef Sharks have returned to the bay to use it as a nursery for their young. Coral began to grow back while swimming at Phi Phi island was banned for the past 5 years. Is the environmental improvement seen at Phi Phi Islands simply the result of lower tourist numbers post pandemic or does Phuket and Phi Phi have some other trash tricks up their sleeves!?
Living in Pattaya and visiting Jomtien Beach almost daily I've observed a garbage crisis in Pattaya Thailand. And what about swimming in Pattaya? Tourists seem to swim at Jomtien beach far less than in Phuket so how clean are Thailand beaches really?
garbage in pattaya, maya bay phi phi, swimming at maya bay, how clean are thailand beaches, phuket vs pattaya, pattaya garbage crisis, trash crisis in thailand, thailand black tip reef shark, recycling in thailand, waste in phuket
waste in pattaya.
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[@keisone]

My number 1 pet peeve in Thailand: Trash and litter 😢

[@lmapicas3279]

Thats the toll locals pay for the tourism dollar unfortunately but tourists need to set a bloody example too

[@puggsincyberspace]

The best part of the video is LeLe's dancing...

[@GoneAdrift]

She’s a complete fruitcake huh!!!!

[@puggsincyberspace]

@@GoneAdrift She must be, she is with you 😂

[@fernunfiltered]

Trash and plastic is a HUGE issue in Thailand. It makes me extremely sad, we need a solution badly. Did you know that everyone has traces of microplastics in our body… yup! EVERYONE and every animal, plants, water source, soil, air, microplastic is everywhere. Plastic is killing us slowly but surely. 😞

[@WJJ1961]

Sam again, great Vid. You have found your grrove . well done doing your own thing with your vids! Lele is a catch and half.

[@pat_thai]

Embarrassing Khun Sammy ! Glad you are well and back to vlogging again ! Watch out for mossy’s bites over the rainy season from now on as they carry MALARIA !!! I got it few years back the bite will start growing in purple if you have no immunity they just grow bigger ! But I’m leaving back to Sydney on Monday hopefully avoid this nasty bites ❤

[@GoneAdrift]

Thanks for the heads up mate!!!!

[@robshanks2213]

Awesome videos, stay strong!!

[@GoneAdrift]

You’re amazing mate! Thank you SO much Rob!

[@stacyturner3150]

In the UK, fly tipping is actually against the law, normally when it happens and reported to the local councils, normally an officer comes out, if they find any evidence of an address in the bags of rubbish of the person who's dumped the waste then they normally can get a FPN, fixed penalty notice, it causes rats as well, it's disgusting

[@GoneAdrift]

Cheers Stace

[@Grimreapervlogs]

First time i ever went to Thailand we went to mya bay its definitely beautiful and i feel lucky to have swam at it

[@fernunfiltered]

And thank you for this video Sam, awareness hopefully leads to solutions. 🙏

[@GoneAdrift]

Thanks Miss Fern!!

[@DCGT703]

That is pretty cool, appreciate this video. I'm not a tree hugger by any means but what's right is right! My hats off to you from the U.S. Also just watched the end of the video, there was some strange woman dancing and pointing I think you were going to be on the SVU show, brother! lol

[@GoneAdrift]

Hahahaha 🍻

[@peenokjaidee4923]

From memory, the annual property tax I pay at Pattaya City Hall is only about 200 baht. Not sure where they get their funding, but it may be inadequate to cover their responsibilities, if this is the totality of their money sources. But I have to admit I'm clueless about Thai governance structure.

[@AMP593]

Great vid, Sam. Yes, it's another Thai trait I don't get. The Philippines and Fiji are exactly the same.

[@ranctil3]

Interesting subject matter. I'd like to know where the empty plastic water bottles end up? When I visit I see pallets of 1 liter plastic water bottles sitting in the hot sun at the gas stations, in a way, water is a food product and subject to bacteria if left out there. Someone have any idea about this?

[@markriggall7741]

It’s sad how they just dump rubbish. It’s unacceptable but there’s no deterrent. I cycle all around Thailand. The pattaya and outlying areas are the worst.

[@GoneAdrift]

Thank you for joining the channel mate, we appreciate it soo much!!

[@markriggall7741]

@@GoneAdrift Every little helps! I’ve tried to buy you a coffee but it won’t work for me.

[@GoneAdrift]

@@markriggall7741 Membership is the best - because you actually get at least a little something for your money 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@bruceanderson8588]

happens all the time in Sydney dodgy builders tipping the leftover in bushland . I have seen them tip there rubbish at business sites so someone else pays to depose of it

[@lordrossmacca]

Very sad to see this reminds me of my years in China only worse. Phuket looks amazing Great they are looking after it

[@patrickclark9719]

Great work .. above average video work for sure ..

[@uncled8248]

Not even around the corner from the Riveria, it's done litterally 300m down the road from it.. Live in this area, see it all the time, even the police just drive past them whilst they do it not giving a damn..

[@tej6176]

I was on Koh Chang and saw dead pufferfish and a lot of plastic every day again and again on the beach. Some locals clean a little part of the beach in front of their restaurant, but every day it keeps coming the plastic. Also the dead pufferfish i dont know if it had something to do with the plastic in the sea or other reasons. We asked the locals about it and they thought the water was to warm and thats why they died :-(

[@MattSmith-qn9cv]

Interesting video Sam, pretty disgraceful dumping all that waste, so close to the ocean, when it rains, the bits and pieces will eventually end up in the sea, surely it is not too expensive to take to the proper sites Lele jiving to SVU, LOL

[@GoneAdrift]

With about 20 seasons of SVU if I don’t enjoy one episode I just skip to the next!

[@don.brasco]

Such a shame, thanks for trying to raise awareness of it! What do the red signs say?

[@GoneAdrift]

Oh gosh - I never explained that! Lele says they say “no dumping”

[@darrenbadger6814]

G'day from the Goldcoast Sammy. Singapore apparently burn almost all of their trash and use the heat for electricity. Not sure how much pollution is caused from the smoke though

[@GoneAdrift]

Yeah I read the burning can be used to create energy but didn’t speak about it on this. Burnt plastic - can you imagine!

[@WJJ1961]

Shit, I think im up to 60 beers already.

[@reeceknowles4297]

Shocking

[@veclubby]

Are they Gum Tress 5:46

[@farangjayjay]

congrats man for 1 week no beers... you're going the right way :D

[@GoneAdrift]

Cheers homie

[@robertb2196]

Yeah, the trash is horrible over there. They need to run a "Don't be a tosser" campaign!

[@GoneAdrift]

Touché!!!

[@robertb2196]

@@GoneAdrift Seriously. I'm an Aussie too. It worked wonders for changing behaviours here in the late 80's and early 90's. Keep at it. You put out good content! All the best with the channel. 👍

[@Chris-zu4es]

haha your Norwegian and Swedish top notch 😂

[@roadsofjapan6009]

Ah the idea of it , here in Japan we have kind of what you’d call a side road between our house and the rice fields, but in the end it’s up to us the owners and the farmers to pick up the rubbish thrown out by people visiting the baseball field our road leads too. It is what it is but let’s be honest even in Japan their are dick heads , every 2 months my wife organise local mums and kids to clean up around our area. Yeah not supported by the government or councils it’s just local community that does it. Welcome to the Japan tourist never see and think oh wow Japan is so clean. It’s the locals and their time and efforts. You want me to go on a longer rant about truck drivers and their piss bottles 😂

[@GoneAdrift]

Bahahaha, Extended rants are always welcome here!

[@neil1006]

Unfortunately you could make the same video on Koh Larn. I'll never visit Koh Larn again. Garbage Central.

[@clivefarmer5200]

I went on the island boat trip out of Phuket about five years ago and the sea quality was absolutely shit.

[@GoneAdrift]

😰😰😰

[@MK-gr9qz]

Its so sad.. from a dude from Sweden.. and yes it is SKRÄP!!🤨

[@JayDKBGames]

Most youtubers would stay away from this type video.

[@TheMysticist]

Wow even the sharks are leaving ..who can blame them...and a whole forest full of garbage, how disgraceful. These locals have no pride in their own country and with the millions they are making in tourist dollars the government remain clueless on how to keep it attractive to the same tourists that support their economy. Teach them about recycling somebody

[@sandgroper1980]

👍🏼🍻🇦🇺

[@GoneAdrift]

🥇

[@sandgroper1980]

@@GoneAdrift Nice one mate , keep grindin 👍🏼🍻🇦🇺

[@lfg6215]

Watch out for corpses too 😂

[@GoneAdrift]

Legit!!

[@lmapicas3279]

I dare yah to call out Ivan to that Soi dog and see what happens....Oh basically the more money they might lose with the loss of tourism the more action they will take

[@GoneAdrift]

I was too slow for the joke. Came to me as I rode away 🤦🏼‍♂️ Next time

[@lmapicas3279]

@@GoneAdrift Ivan was a real mongrel and there be more things in them woods for sure

[@Skenners]

Its not so much "carefreee" as it is "careless" as they could not care any less about dumping. Its an incentive thing, theres no incentive for them to take their crap to the tip or recycle it. If it were recycled, you could reclaim a lot of the building materials to process, resell and use the money to "buy back" the garbage for more reprocessing, but thats effort. Thais wont do "effort". Sorry, this stuff really pisses me off. Great vid though, sammy! Also, LELE DANCE PARTIES FOR ALL!

[@GoneAdrift]

The Rear Admiral has spoken!!