Helping Samui for the future

Posted by Full mooner on May 12th, 2010 filed in expat life, the locals

Koh Samui and the surrounding area is a home, business, holiday destination and paradise for everyone to enjoy and we can all do our part to help sustain the environment. One thing that is evident everywhere on the island is the amount of rubbish that is accumulated.
Now with more than 15,000 rooms for holidaymakers available on the island, rubbish can get quite bad, particularly in the busy areas. Chaweng and Lamai Beach are hotspots for messy streets. The local government does have a daily collection along the main roads, but there is still more we can do.
Although not official, there is some kind of recycling that goes on around Samui; you may well have seen it without even realising! Local Thais will travel around, usually on motorbikes, with a side car collecting cardboard, glass and other recyclable goods, which they then sell-on.
Keeping these goods separate from the normal rubbish does not only do well for the environment, you are helping keeping the economy going by giving locals a means for earning money.
Water shortage is a hot topic also at the moment and with this searing heat it is good to keep an eye on how much water is being wasted in your household/hotel room/villa. Simple things like reporting leaky taps, taking showers instead of baths and all the other things you do when in the west all add up to a brighter Samui.

Koh Samui and the surrounding area is a home, business, holiday destination and paradise for everyone to enjoy and we can all do our part to help sustain the environment. One thing that is evident everywhere on the island is the amount of rubbish that is accumulated.

Now with more than 15,000 rooms for holidaymakers available on the island, rubbish can get quite bad, particularly in the busy areas. Chaweng and Lamai Beach are hotspots for messy streets. The local government does have a daily collection along the main roads, but there is still more we can do.

Although not official, there is some kind of recycling that goes on around Samui; you may well have seen it without even realising! Local Thais will travel around, usually on motorbikes, with a side car collecting cardboard, glass and other recyclable goods, which they then sell-on.

Keeping these goods separate from the normal rubbish does not only do well for the environment, you are helping keeping the economy going by giving locals a means for earning money.

Water shortage is a hot topic also at the moment and with this searing heat it is good to keep an eye on how much water is being wasted in your household/hotel room/villa. Simple things like reporting leaky taps, taking showers instead of baths and all the other things you do when in the west all add up to a brighter Samui.

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