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During a meeting with the Rayong tourist agents association, Khao Laem Ya National Park chief Sithichai Serisongsaeng proposed that no more foam cups, containers or plastic bags should be permitted for use by tourists, vendors or any others on the island.

Ko Samet's five-rai garbage dump site can no longer cope with the ever increasing amount of such indestructible waste, according to Sithichai, who called for more rigorous waste management and disposal, beginning with reducing the oversupply of the "ubiquitous and virtually indestructible contemporary packaging materials".

The chief ranger for the national park located on the island said there just isn't room enough for a continued flow of non-biodegradable trash.