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Clean Up Phuket Day


The Phuket Summer Season campaign is organizing a massive Clean Up Phuket day this afternoon or tomorrow on almost every beach.

Following the smaller clean ups they organized recently on Nai Yang and Kamala beaches seen here, the organizers of the ‘Phuket Summer Season’ campaign told Andaman News that today’s effort is on a much grander scale, involving at least 3,000 volunteers. For those wishing to join in, here’s a list of cleanup areas.

All clean-ups start at 4 pm today or tomorrow if the weather is bad today, except where otherwise stated:
•Mai Khao Beach near JW Marriott & near West Sands.
•Nai Yang Beach near Indigo Pearl Resort.
•Naithon Beach, at Trisara.
•Layan Beach.
•Bangtao Beach, at the National Park, Reggae Bar (starting at 3.30 pm), Best Western Resort. & Amancruises area.
•Surin Beach, Stereo Lab & park.
•Laem Sing Beach
•Kamala Beach, at Courtyard Marriott, Smile Bar, & Andara and Rockfish restaurant.
•Kalim Beach.
•Patong, Zone 1 with 20 hotels; 2 near Soi Bangla. 3 at Jungceylon and Millenium Hotel at 9 am. •Karon Beach
•Kata Yai Beach
•Kata Noi north end
•Nai Harn
•Rawai.
•Panwa.
•Chalong Pier. Phuket Town, Thalang, Cherng Talay and other towns are also making efforts. They are also urging all other people to lead clean-ups of their own local communities. For more information, see www.SummerinPhuket.com

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Earth Day clean-up underwater at Racha Yai Island


our interview with Kath Ridley, Shop Manager of Scuba Cat dive company, and Michael Wallentine, GM, Kontiki Phuket dive company, who co-organised a clean-up underwater at Racha Yai Island with volunteers for Earth Day yesterday 22 April. We can see video underwater kindly supplied by Matt Butcher of Scuba Cat, near Racha Yai east coast; another clean-up will be made today Thursday 23 & Saturday 25 April; & a bigger Cleanup Day in September. Kath first tells us the background to this Earth Day clean up:

scubacat.com, kontiki-thailand.com
scubacatdiving@gmail.com
manager@kontiki-phuket.com

Source: Andaman News NBT

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Special report about Phang-Nga Bay clean-up by PSU students & environmentalist John Gray


We are here at the pier, before a Phang-Nga bay marine clean-up with Prince of Songkhla University students & environmentalist John Gray. So lets go!
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