Solid Waste Management in Cambodia

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Author(s): Ran Yagasa (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan), Rithy Uch (Cambodian Education and Waste Management Organization, Cambodia)and Phalla Sam (Cambodian Education and Waste Management Organization, Cambodia)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 30
Source title: Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Agamuthu Pariatamby (Sunway University, Malaysia), Fauziah Shahul Hamid (University of Malaya, Malaysia)and Mehran Sanam Bhatti (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0198-6.ch003

Keywords: Environment & Agriculture / Environmental Science and Technologies / Environmental Technologies / Information Science Reference

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Abstract

Driven by economic development, population growth, change in life style, and consumption patterns, Cambodia is faced with equally rapid increase of solid waste, with MSW disposal amount attaining 1,709,379 tons/year in 2018. Various policy instruments and legislations have been developed over the years in response to this long-existing crisis, which effectively translated into tangible improvements on the ground. But municipalities continue to suffer from weak waste management system including collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal. Resource recovery almost entirely depends on informal sector while efforts for reduce and reuse are still weak, while presenting vast opportunity if effective policies are employed and implemented. The ongoing governance reform involving functional decentralization of waste management service is being implemented although at a slow pace.

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