Trash woes worse in rural areas: gov’t

Solid-waste management remains a big problem across Cambodia as authorities lack the capacity and funding to clean it up, according to a new report released by the Ministry of Environment yesterday. Phnom Penh and the provincial cities clear solid waste by trucking it out of town and dumping it on private land or in temporary landfills.

Cambodia has 76 dump sites presently, and the amount of waste is projected to keep climbing quickly, the report found. The amount of waste generated in 2014 – 109 million tonnes – was 10 per cent higher than in 2013, the report said.

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