Some Pattaya residents want to know why their trash has not been picked up for three days.
Former city council member Ittiwat Wattanasartsathorn said several residents across the city had called him to report that stinking, rotting garbage was piling up in their villages because no one came to collect it.
Ittiwat speculated that the city’s contract with its garbage collector may have ended or is being renewed, causing the delay in pickups.
Resident Nattaya Kaisorn said the same thing happens every year around this time for unknown reasons.
Pattaya’s contract with trash hauler Environmental Conservation Organization expired on Oct. 31, but city officials had said in August they reluctantly would extend it because they didn’t prepare to find a replacement in time.
Mayor Anan Charoenchasri said city hall was unhappy with the company’s work and thinks the city has been paying far too much over the past five years.
