people have been talking about excessive amounts of waste here and there, especially at popular tourists sites. Our special report today looks at how residents join together to manage waste generated from the tourism industry at Racha Yai Island in Phuket.

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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