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This National Park In Thailand Had Enough Of Tourists Littering, So They Started Mailing The Trash Tourists Left Behind Back To Their Homes

Even though thousands of people, for some reason, still can’t wrap their heads around it, littering has a huge negative impact on our environment. For instance, all kinds of toxic materials and chemicals found in the trash can be blown or washed into rivers, forests, lakes, and oceans, and can eventually pollute waterways or soil. Moreover, litter reduces air quality, can encourage the spread of diseases, and can kill animals. The list goes on.

People and authorities all over the world are looking for ways to encourage people to behave responsibly and not to litter. For instance, common practices include littering penalties, community clean-up events, anti-littering campaigns, and so on. Though recently, Khao Yai National Park came up with an idea to discourage people from littering that is quite unique, to say the least. They decided to send all the trash to visitors who left it there.

Fed up with guests leaving trash, Khao Yai National Park came up with an innovative idea to teach them a lesson

Image credits: TOPVarawut

Varawut Silpa-archa, Thailand’s minister of natural resources and environment, shared some photos of boxes full of trash collected at the National Park and announced that all the trash would be collected, packed, and sent to guests who left it there. “The garbage that tourists left in the park is now packed into boxes. It’s ready to be returned to the owners of the garbage,” he writes in the post.

“You have forgotten some of your belongings at the Khao Yai National Park. Please let us return these to you,” reads the note

This National Park In Thailand Had Enough Of Tourists Littering, So They Started Mailing The Trash Tourists Left Behind Back To Their Homes

Image credits: TOPVarawut

In order to inform the tourists where the trash came from, they added a note saying this: “You have forgotten some of your belongings at the Khao Yai National Park. Please let us return these to you.”

Turns out, when guests come to the park, they sign in with their contact information, including their home address

This National Park In Thailand Had Enough Of Tourists Littering, So They Started Mailing The Trash Tourists Left Behind Back To Their Homes

Image credits: TOPVarawut

You’re probably wondering—how does the National Park know where to send this trash? Well, the answer is simple. When guests come to the park, they sign in with their contact information, including their home address.

Here’s how people on the internet feel about this idea

This National Park In Thailand Had Enough Of Tourists Littering, So They Started Mailing The Trash Tourists Left Behind Back To Their Homes

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Julija Svidraitė is an editor here at Bored Panda who has a bachelor's degree in Psychology. Before starting her journey at BP, she had worked as a social media specialist at a marketing agency. She has also tried herself in a few different fields working as an intern: from practicing graphic design at a social media marketing agency, to being an assistant at a psychiatric hospital. Besides writing, Julija is also very passionate about illustrating, drinking coffee, and watching crime documentaries. You can find her in Bored Panda Office or reach her at julija.s@boredpanda.com.

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V Martinez 4 years ago

How do they match the trash to the visitor? If a visitor cleans up after themselves, would the caretakers know this? Or would the clean visitor still receive trash in the mail? I do like the idea though. I wonder if anyone would spend the $ to send it back to the beach, campsite, etc? Like tit for tat.

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Ruengniraman 4 years ago

Before entering the National Park, visitors need to finished registration which required your personal information e.g. contact info.

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Liz 4 years ago

How do they know which visitor it belonged to, though? Are they taken from a campsite or something?

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Ruengniraman 4 years ago

For your first question, kindly find my answer I made to V Martinez. For the second question, yes, most of the trashes'd been taken from the campsite where they stayed

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Zophra 4 years ago

And who is paying of this mailing? The park?

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Ruengniraman 4 years ago

Yes, the park might have to pay for the mailing but those who has received their trash will also be fined too.

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V Martinez 4 years ago

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Ruengniraman 4 years ago

Before entering the National Park, visitors need to finished registration which required your personal information e.g. contact info.

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Liz 4 years ago

How do they know which visitor it belonged to, though? Are they taken from a campsite or something?

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Ruengniraman 4 years ago

For your first question, kindly find my answer I made to V Martinez. For the second question, yes, most of the trashes'd been taken from the campsite where they stayed

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