Trash to double over festival

30 October 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Government / Government services / Infrastructure / Provincial and local governments / Urban sanitation infrastructure / Urban water and sanitation infrastructure
Aunny Ieng / Cintri / Phnom Penh City Hall

The heaps of fly-covered refuse known to accumulate around the capital are set to grow a whole lot worse as millions of visitors arrive for the upcoming Water Festival and tax the city’s overburdened trash collector. More than two million additional people are expected to crowd into Phnom Penh next week and, along with the influx, garbage is predicted to nearly double, exceeding 2,000 tonnes per day. …

 Laignee Barron and Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/trash-double-over-festival

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