Pollution and waste

Solid waste

Millions given for waste management

The government has allocated $5 million across the Kingdom’s 46 sub-districts and towns to help with waste management by national and local institutions. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25476/millions-given-for-waste-management/

New campaign will fight plastic bag blight

UNESCO and the ministries of Tourism and Environment this weekend will launch a campaign aimed at ridding the capital of the plastic waste currently choking its waterways and piling up in its landfills.The campaign, starting on Friday, will seek to educate Cambodians about how to ...

Sen David and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-campaign-will-fight-plastic-bag-blight

New fines announced for trash code violators

A stern warning to clean up or pay up was issued to litterbugs yesterday, with Interior Minister Sar Kheng announcing fines for improper waste disposal across the country. According to the sub-decree, people who do not follow guidelines on separating waste, or who dump or ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-fines-announced-trash-code-violators

Ministry puts brakes on Pailin dump plans

The Ministry of Environment has called on local authorities in Pailin province to find a new location for a 34-hectare dumpsite currently planned for a protected forest.Environment Minister Say Sam Al, who led a team to inspect the site on October 3, wrote to Pailin ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-puts-brakes-pailin-dump-plans

NGO brings trash problem into greater focus

Phnom Penh’s ever-growing garbage problem is not going away, but on Friday its scope became clearer as the Asia Foundation presented two years of research into the city’s present and future solid waste generation, along with suggestions on how to cope with the mess. ...

Simon Henderson and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-brings-trash-problem-into-greater-focus-91206/

Clock ticking on city’s waste crisis: reports

The government could be forced to shell out more than $120 million [≈ Finance industry 2011 political donations] to build new landfills over the next decade unless it invests in preventing Phnom Penh’s current site from reaching capacity, according to a pair of new reports. ...

Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/clock-ticking-citys-waste-crisis-reports

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