River Ocean Cleanup determined to clean up Phnom Penh rivers

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The River Ocean Cleanup (ROC) reported that the organisation collected about 800 tonnes of garbage from the Tonle Sap, Tonle Bassac and Mekong rivers in the last two years. ROC executive director Nou Sovann said ROC started its mission on June 2022 and has since then collected between 700 and 800 tonnes from the rivers.

 

Sovann said that the goal of the ROC was to remove all of the rubbish from the rivers in Phnom Penh by the year 2028, which would require collecting about 5,000 tonnes of trash. “We are faced with many challenges but we will expand our actions to clean up the rubbish from rivers to meet our 2028 objective,” he said during yesterday’s cleanup mission.

 

He said that ROC will receive another boat including some equipment to collect garbage from the river next month. “Although we have two boats for collecting garbage from the rivers we are still lacking in equipment. I appeal to the private sector to help us keep our rivers clean by providing funds for equipment,” he said.

 

 

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