If you litter in this Thai national park, your rubbish may just come back to haunt you.
Well, not exactly haunt, but it'll be shipped to your home as a pointed reminder that when out in nature, you had better clean up after yourself.
Authorities in the popular Khao Yai National Park near Bangkok will start sending rubbish back to litterers, Thailand's environment minister said.
Offenders will also be registered with the police.
Visitors to the park have to register with their addresses, making it easy for rangers to track them down if they leave rubbish behind.
Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa posted pictures of litter collected in cardboard parcels ready to be shipped on his Facebook account.
"Your trash - we'll send it back to you," the post warns, reminding people that littering in a national park is an offence and punishable with up to five years in prison and hefty fines.
Along with empty plastic bottles, cans and chips wrappings, the box in the Facebook post contains a polite note saying: "You forgot these things at Khao Yai National Park".
Park authorities say the rubbish left behind can be particularly dangerous for animals who may try to eat it.
Khao Yai National Park which is north-east of the Thai capital Bangkok stretches across more than 2,000 sq km (770 sq miles) and is very popular with hikers.
It's the oldest national park in Thailand and known for its waterfalls, animals and scenery.
Bassman233 on September 18th, 2020 at 20:30 UTC »
My company's warehouse & office building is on the edge of a neighborhood, and people would always dump trash in our dumpsters, to the point that we couldn't take out the trash from the building. So we added locks to the dumpsters, and mostly solved the problem, until one Monday morning there were piles of boxes & packaging left on top and next to our dumpsters. Luckily one of the packages had an address on it, so our office manager (one of the sweetest old ladies you've ever met until someone pisses her off) had a couple warehouse guys load all the dumped trash into her van, and promptly dumped it all in the driveway of the address of the package. The homeowner came out & was furious. Once he looked at the trash, he apologized & explained that the boxes & packages were from wedding gifts from his daughter's wedding the previous weekend, and that his newlywed idiot son-in-law must have dumped them. Not a great way to impress your father-in-law.
Black3200 on September 18th, 2020 at 19:43 UTC »
If only this happened with dog poo. Every park in my city is lined with it. To the point where it gets on the sidewalk. Its very lame
SocraticIgnoramus on September 18th, 2020 at 18:43 UTC »
I wish Colorado parks would do this with bags of dog poop.