The governor also said there was a proposal to unload garbages to ships to dispose of on shore, but this needs very high operation cost and owns vessels for use.The garbage problem came after the Samui City suspended a six-month contract to a private operator after it failed to dispose of the garbage which is amounted to 140 tons a day, and of existing garbage which now has accumulated to over 200,000 tons.The city is in the process of hiring a new contractor to do the job but still could not get start due to some legal commitment stated in the first agreement which could not be scrapped.