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Phnom Penh Waste Management - Coggle Diagram
Phnom Penh Waste Management
Statistics and General Information
Municipal Solid Waste in Phnom Penh is 4.09 million t/year and 0.73 kg/day per capita
The waste is treated by landfills, recycling and incineration, there is no specific management system and is usually open dumps.
The Phnom Penh Capital Administration manages the waste where 83.3% of it is thrown away at the Dankor landfill
CINTRI is the primary waste collection and transportation company in the city
35.7% of the poor communities in Phnom Penh do not have waste management services
More than 3000 informal waste collectors gather recyclable materials on the streets (plastic bottles, cardboard etc.), a huge amount of plastic waste will remain in Cambodia
40 tonne of medical waste is created each month and mostly goes to municipal landfill sites
Sarom trading collects, transport and discard industrial and hazardous waste with its own disposal sites
Waste pickers collect valuable e waste like tvs and refrigerators to recycle
There are only two composting facilities in Phnom Penh, the organic waste could be used for composting, animal feed and fertiliser. It is limited by the cost of available technology.
Protocols and Regulations
There is a Medical Waste Management Unit implemented, although few medical facilities do not correctly follow protocol to separate medical waste from other waste.
Some hospitals have in-house-incinerators but few burn their waste without following the procedure.
Cambodia’s Law on Environmental Protection and Natural resource Management allowed the Ministry of Environment to set policies, regulations and coordinate the waste management and pollution in the city.
As a result they developed the reduce, reuse and recycle technique which is also used in the UN Environment Programme
Sub-Decrees:
This is supported by the UN Development Programme, the World Bank and National Waste Management task force. Many businesses and factories have no policy for waste management which does not implement the 3R principle
The absence of implementing these regulations and monitoring rests on the huge issue.
Collection, transportation, recycling, reducing and disposing waste is responsible by the authorities
Electrical and electronic Equipment Waste Management prevents the dumping of e-waste into waterways and dumps, where penalties for individuals and businesses are given.
2017 there is the management of plastic bags where businesses charge US$0.10 per bag to change people’s behaviour resulting in a reduction of 30%. It would be incredibly difficult to ban plastic bags entirely
New policies aim to reduce use of single use plastic (straws, bags) and foam containers and find an alternative to raise awareness.
Waste to Energy
In Germany, there are facilities that produce electricity from waste
There are imports of waste from other countries for fuel for the plants.
A Chinese investment company is in discussion with high level authorities for a recycling plant in Phnom Penh and others as well.
It is encouraged by the highest official but it is limited due to the developments with waste imports, any investment will be depending on the domestic waste only.