Questionnaire Results

This week we started handing out questionnaires to local businesses, home owners, and people recreating along Thai Muaeng beach to find out if locals will support or beach clean-up proposal. Our questionnaire results showed that 40 out of 41 people would like to see Thai Muaeng beach free of trash. 39 out of 41 people think if there were trash cans and signs along the beach less people would leave their trash on the beach. 20 business owners think a clean and healthy beach would bring more customers to thier business along the beach. 38 out of 39 people said they would support or participate in a clean-up day. 38 people said they would like to see trash, recycle bins, and signs along the beach. Our results also showed that only half the people who filled out the questionnaires think that marine debris kill or injure thousands of marine animals every year and that marine debris is a major pollution problem. 16 out of 41 people think that toxins from trash enter our food chain and 33 out of 41 people think that trash takes away from the natural beauty of Thai Muaeng beach. 29 out of 41 people think that the reason why so many people leave their trash along the beach is because they don't know the negative impacts it can have on the environment.

The gentleman below who owns a house on Thai Muaeng beach says that he has to pick up trash that is blown by the wind onto his property everyday. He says at the end of every week the place where he stores the trash behind his front walkway is full. He then has to take it to the dump every week. At the age of 73 he says this job isn't so easy for him anymore.