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issue 3 72 1st April 2016
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down in the dumps residents kick up stink over town dump hua hin, THAILAND Compared to many places in Thailand, Hua Hin is kept reasonably clean and litter free, and this is mostly down to the sterling work done every night by the town’s refuse collection services. However, as the town has grown, so has the amount of garbage needing disposal of, and this week, residents living near the main town dump blocked the entrance to the 600 rai site in Tambon Tab Tai, demanding that an alternative site be used, and the existing mountain of trash be cleaned up. The road was blocked by the residents around 2pm on Tuesday, and a four hour standoff was finally broken when Hua Hin municipal officials agreed to stop dumping new trash at the site and allow the Tambon Tab Tai Administrative Organisation and its residents to take part in planning the elimination of the existing pile of garbage. Chumpon Taklom, president of the Tab Tai TAO, said sub-district council had resolved three months ago that the landfill should be closed. Protesters said they had put up with the stench from the gigantic mountain of trash, as well as other problems, since the dump opened 22 years ago. Many complained that putrid liquid seeps into natural water sources, contaminating their crops, and was worse during rainy periods. Pailin Kongpan, deputy mayor for Hua Hin municipality, said the city would dump 150 tonnes of its daily waste at a site behind Thanarat Infantry Camp in Pran Buri district, but explained that as this facility was only open during office hours and was located further from the city, this would cause some problems given that the refuse was collected during the night, and may mean some areas would not have their garbage collected as often as now.
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