Pattaya’s hard working “orange team” can now
collect garbage from the Beach Road Promenade using unique pink garbage
bags.
Veechan Souksi
DPAC Inter Corp. Co., through its “Hero Variety” team, visited Beach
Road to pass out unique pink garbage bags to beach vendors to launch its
“Amazingly Clean Thailand” campaign.
DPAC executives gathered near Soi 3 Jan. 30 for the big cleaning day,
handing out bags to vendors down to Soi 12. New York performance artist
Adrian Kondratowicz, founder of the TRASH Project, joined the crowd to give
out the vibrantly colored bags. The group asked vendors to fill the bags and
place them near a bin on the footpath.
“This is my first time to Pattaya and I’m sure we picked the right place to
launch this campaign,” Kondratowicz said. “These pink bags are a work of art
and a new way of making a dull pile of trash look more creative. The color
itself is very attractive and draws the attention people to immediately
collect the trash bags.”
The group created pink bags with white polka dots, pink with black dots,
blue with silver dots and some that glow in the dark.
“Garbage can be transformed into art that is expressive, informed, and
sustainable. This is an action to transform our waste into vivid sculptures
of color,” the artist said. “Because it’s a trash bag, it tackles the issues
of consumption and waste, but the rainbow of designs was meant to provoke in
a positive manner, rather than critique or twist things around in an
apocalyptic fashion.”
Kondratowicz began the TRASH Project in New York’s Harlem neighborhood.
Working with biodegradable plastic, he produced the first bags and
distributed them throughout the city. The TRASH Project’s appeal spread
throughout the city, resulting in 4,000 examples of urban beautification and
collective expression.
Several years ago this campaign was launched in various other countries
including the Netherlands and Italy.
“It is truly a pleasure to launch this campaign in a more-interesting and
attractive way,” Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome said. “The pink polka dot trash
bags sure gives Pattaya and the environment a new look.”
