PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Officials, workers and volunteers are busy cleaning up trash from the beaches of Hua Hin - even as more is expected to be blown ashore.
The Hua Hin Municipality on Monday deployed 50 workers and other helping hands, including volunteers and security personnel, to pick up piles of trash that washed up onto about 10 kilometres of the resort district's beaches.
Jeerawat Phrammanee, the assistant to the provincial governor, blamed the rubbish invasion on seasonal winds that blew debris and trash dumped into the Gulf of Thailand in several coastal provinces onto Hua Hin's famous beaches.
Workers were collecting about three tonnes of trash per day, and up to almost five tonnes on some days, the official said. The rubbish included coconuts, dried tree branches, plastic items and glass bottles.
Mr Jeerawat expected the worst was still to come. Up to 100 tonnes of trash could wash up on the district's beaches this month, he said.