Asia's ocean pollution crisis: Thailand Like many Asian countries, Thailand is struggling to cope with the effects of plastic pollution - a scourge highlighted by the recent death of a whale which was found with 80 plastic bags in its stomach after washing ashore in Thailand. STOCKSHOTS of plastic use in Thailand. (To coincide with World Environment Day on 5 June, AFPTV is moving a series of images from China, Indonesia, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam. According to a 2015 study by Ocean Conservancy, more than half the plastic waste in the ocean comes from those five Asian countries)